, together with drastic budgetary cuts aiming at curbing public debt to maintain sustainability. Finally, the paper tries to …

the same time, private debt levels, particularly those of financial institutions and households, are in uncharted …, restructuring of public and private debts. A more subtle form of debt restructuring in the guise of "financial repression" (which … had its heyday during the tightly regulated Bretton Woods system) also importantly facilitated sharper and more rapid debt …

public and private debts. Sometimes the debt restructuring is more subtle and takes the form of 'financial repression … facilitated a sharp and rapid reduction or 'liquidation' of public debt from the late 1940s to the 1970s. The restrictions or …

There is no single “best” indicator for analysing general government debt. This paper examines the various issues in … defining and measuring debt, and explores other data which could be useful, both within and beyond the general government debt … concept, to better track and analyse fiscal risks and sustainability issues. Measures from the broadest view of debt – gross …