The public debt to GDP ratio, while well below its levels during the recession of 2001, reached 46% in 2010 Q3.

They included four scenarios designed to prevent the public debt to GDP ratio from exceeding 60%:

It is usually measured as a decline of the total debt to GDP ratio in the national account.

A country's debt to GDP ratio is made up of two parts, national debt and the size of the economy.

We should remember that our debt to GDP ratio is far greater than the 70 odd per cent figure publicly stated.

He is beginning to sound desperate as the awfull truth about our debt to GDP ratio slowly dawns on him.

The debt to GDP ratio has climbed to 55 percent.

Combined with some growth of the economy this has produced a decline in the debt to GDP ratio.

She's sold some of the family silver to pay her way, and still got an enormous debt to GDP ratio.

"We do think more needs to be done to ensure a reduction in the debt to GDP ratio, for example, going forward."