Debt-to-GDP Ratio

Context:
- It can range from being a Total Debt to GDP Ratio to being a Public Debt to GDP Ratio to being a Private Debt to GDP Ratio.
- It can range from being a Low Debt to GDP Ratio to being a High Debt to GDP Ratio.
- It can be associated to a Credit-to-GDP Gap.
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Example(s):
- National Debt-to-GDP Ratio, such as: USA Debt to GDP Ratio, Japanese Debt to GDP Ratio, German Debt to GDP Ratio, Chinese Debt to GDP Ratio, ...
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Counter-Example(s):
- Labor Participation Rate.
See: Public Debt, Corporate Debt.

References

(Wikipedia, 2018) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debt-to-GDP_ratio Retrieved:2018-3-14.
- In economics, the debt-to-GDP ratio is the ratio between a country's government debt (a cumulative amount) and its gross domestic product (GDP) (measured in years). A low debt-to-GDP ratio indicates an economy that produces and sells goods and services sufficient to pay back debts without incurring further debt. Geopolitical and economic considerations – including interest rates, war, recessions, and other variables – influence the borrowing practices of a nation and the choice to incur further debt.

(Reinhart & Rogoff, 2010) ⇒ Carmen M. Reinhart, and Kenneth S. Rogoff. (2010). “Growth in a Time of Debt (Digest Summary)." American Economic Review 100, no. 2
- QUOTE: They find that growth rates fall in advanced and emerging market economies when the public debt-to-GDP ratio exceeds 90 percent and that high debt levels are correlated with higher inflation only in emerging markets. …