A country’s total financial obligations to the rest of the world are known as:
A country’s total financial obligations to the rest of the world are known as:
(A) Total burden
(B) Total debt
(C) National liabilities
(D) External debt
External debt, or foreign debt, is defined as the total financial liability of a country to the rest of the world. It encompasses all true current liabilities that require the payment of interest or principal in the future by residents to non-residents, including loans, bonds, and credits. External debt can be further divided into public debt, which is the liability of the government, and private debt, which is owed to foreign lenders.