Debt is an obligation that requires one party, the debtor, to pay money borrowed or otherwise withheld from another party, the creditor. Debt may be owed by ...

Government debt · Bad debt · Debt-trap diplomacy · External debt

The national debt of the United States is the total national debt owed by the federal government of the United States to Treasury security holders.

Government debt · History of Public Debt · United States debt ceiling

A country's gross government debt is the financial liabilities of the government sector. : 81 Changes in government debt over time reflect primarily ...

Debt collection is the process of pursuing payments of money or other agreed-upon value owed to a creditor. The debtors may be individuals or businesses.

It explores the historical relationship of debt with social institutions such as barter, marriage, friendship, slavery, law, religion, war and government. It ...

Debt relief or debt cancellation is the partial or total forgiveness of debt, or the slowing or stopping of debt growth, owed by individuals, corporations, ...

This is a list of countries by external debt: it is the total public and private debt owed to nonresidents repayable in internationally accepted currencies, ...

Debt-to-GDP ratio · Household debt · Global debt · Corporate debt

In finance, bad debt, occasionally called uncollectible accounts expense, is a monetary amount owed to a creditor that is unlikely to be paid and for which ...