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A national debt is a debt incurred by the
central government of a country to its own
people and institutions and also to overseas
creditors. A government can borrow from the
public by means of selling interest-bearing
bonds, eg: or from abroad. Traditionally, a
major cause of national debt was the cost of
war (repreations),but in recent decades
governments have borrowed heavily in order to
finance development or nationalization, to
support an ailing currency, or to avoid
raising taxes. Government budgets are often
planned with a deficit that is funded by
overseas borrowing.
Subject by: Shaun Jay