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Public debt of European countries, by year

Would you be satisfied with a graph of the last 20 years? Is yes, you can use Google Data Explorer. It seems to rely on Eurostat as well, so the data is probably available from them somewhere.
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What happens to the billions in Euros that Greece owes if it leaves the Euro

If you owe euros you have to pay in euros. If for example the British government owes euros, then they get some funds (perhaps take another loan) and in case this is in a currency different from euros …
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Why do we say the US is in debt to China?

Because, regardless of private debts of Apple, the US government is in debt to China. As of September 2014, foreigners owned \$6.06 trillion of U.S. debt, or approximately 47% of the debt held by …
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Government bonds - the most simple example

Using an example from the US treasury's website you can buy a \$100 dollar face value bond that pays 3% annual interest semiannually for thirty years. That means you would get $100 \cdot 3\% / 2 = 1.5 …
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Confusion regarding debt to GDP ratio

The answer is in the the first line and title of the articles. Not all debt is government debt. One calculation also includes household and corporate debt.
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Why there's a large difference between fiscal deficit and debt to GDP ratio of a country?

Just because two things are expressed as a proportion of the GDP, they can be very different, e.g., I can express my salary in terms of my country's GDP, but clearly this is different from the debt to …
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