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Deficit: can be seen as a return?

None of these. Your measure is very different from the deficit. But, more generally, if this is all you know, you can't calculate it. You would also have to know GDP or the debt. Here is an example to …
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Who exactly foots the bill if Greece defaults

Who would pay depends on the terms of the default. Sometimes holders of similar debts are not treated equally, and this can play out in different ways. Greeks could default on external debts but conti …
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Sources of historical cross-country government debt to GDP data

Using the World Bank's International Debt Statistics you could calculate the ratio of PPG, bonds (AMT, current US\$) to GNI (current US\$): PPG, bonds (AMT, current US\$): Public and publicly guar …
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Is it possible to eliminate the U.S. national debt?

It is definitely possible to have a sustained decline in debt to GDP, even at high levels. Between 1996 and 2008 Canada managed to decrease debt to GDP from roughly 80 to 30 percent of GDP. Worthwh …
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Have the Greek bailouts been included in state budgets Eurozone members?

I don't know of a full accounting in the Eurozone but Measuring the True Cost of Government Bailout (Block (2010)) provides a look at the on- and off-budget costs of the bailouts in the United States …
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Who owns German debt?

This Deutsche Bank figure from 2013 has some broad categories for German debt and compares it with other rich countries: A newer chart, using slightly with more granular categories. Note that German …
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