Economy > Debt Stats: compare key data on Taiwan & United States
Definitions
- External: Total public and private debt owed to non-residents repayable in foreign currency, goods, or services.
- External > Per $ GDP: Total public and private debt owed to non-residents repayable in foreign currency, goods, or services. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1,000 $ gross domestic product.
- External > Per capita: Total public and private debt owed to non-residents repayable in foreign currency, goods, or services. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
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Government debt > Gross government debt as % of GDP:
Gross government debt as % of GDP (IMF).
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Government debt > Gross government debt, share of GDP:
Gross government debt as % of GDP (IMF).
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Government debt > Public debt as % of GDP:
Public debt as % of GDP (CIA).
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Government debt > Public debt, share of GDP:
Public debt as % of GDP (CIA).
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- Interest rates > Central bank discount rate: Compares the annualized interest rate set by centrals banks over loans requested by commercial banks to meet temporary shortages of funds. Through these loans, central banks can influence the commercial banks' interest rates as a tool of monetary policy. Usually their interest rates are lower than the ones offered by commercial banks, which lend it at a higher rate to make their profit.
SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; Wikipedia: List of countries by public debt (List); Wikipedia: List of countries by public debt (List) (Public debt , The World Factbook , United States Central Intelligence Agency , accessed on March 21, 2013.); Wikipedia: List of countries by central bank interest rates (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2207rank.html http://www.worldinterestrates.info/ http://www.forexmotion.com/index.php/en/exchange-rates.html)
