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- adjective Too deeply in
debt .
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Examples
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Amid the slowdown, he said, overindebted countries can't make moves they normally would, such as borrowing, to cutting taxes or increasing spending.
U.K. Leader Encourages Optimism Despite Woes Alistair MacDonald 2011
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But deflation is such a terrible risk for an economy as overindebted as the U.K.'s that, given the MPC will get it wrong, it's worth getting it wrong with too much rather than too little inflation.
Complacent Investors Could be Jolted by an Early BOE Interest-Rate Rise Alen Mattich 2011
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Thanks to exposure to public-sector customers in the U.S. and Europe, Dell also looks vulnerable to cutbacks by overindebted governments.
Dell Gets Flooded With More Challenges Rolfe Winkler 2011
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Yet there is no plan to create euro bonds backed by a properly funded central authority able to make fiscal transfers to overindebted regions.
The Pitfalls of Merkozy's Third Way Simon Nixon 2011
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The president of Germany's Bundesbank, the very able Axel Weber, resigned last spring because he did not support the policy of buying long-term debt of overindebted countries.
Leave the Euro to the PIGS Allan H. Meltzer 2011
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When the inevitable failure of overindebted euro-zone countries came to light, a secret pact was made.
Why I Won't Support More Bailouts Timo Soini 2011
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Help for overindebted households and those with "underwater" mortgages also needs to be more effective.
Our Economic Woes Need a Long-Term Fix José Angel Gurría 2011
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Governments, like corporations, are never overindebted until one day the market decides that they are.
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The overindebted U.S. faces a balance-sheet recession.
Slow Growth Doesn't Mean a Fast Fed David Reilly 2011
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But the events of recent days are a troubling reminder for investors that, on both sides of the Atlantic, overindebted governments are themselves becoming the biggest threat to markets.
The Curse of the Triple-A Rating Is Still Haunting the U.S. David Reilly 2011
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