What is debt?

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For our purposes debt is the money owed by a person or entity to another person or entity. The borrower is said to receiving credit from the person or entity borrowed from. Debt is typically classified as:

  • household debt
  • corporate debt
    • financial sector debt
    • non-financial sector debt
  • government debt
    • state debt
    • government debt
Written on August 31, 2016