debt burden

English

Noun

debt burden (plural debt burdens)

1. The debt of a country or subdivision, when large enough that servicing it has become difficult.
   • 1960, Alfred L. Edwards, A Study of Local Government Debt in Michigan (Technical study)‎^[1], →LCCN, →OCLC, page 9:

     According to Table V, Michigan's local government debt burden is below the average for the country. The index of debt burden¹⁸ for Michigan was 52.2 in 1949 and had declined to 47.2 in 1954.

Translations

debt which is difficult to service

• Finnish: velkataakka (fi)