debt service
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U.S. debt service payments totaled $963 billion during the first 10 months of this fiscal year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Even if the tariff money were specifically directed at debt service, it wouldn’t have done much to defray the roughly $1 trillion in interest the government will incur this year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Assessing a CCRC’s financial health involves checking metrics like 200 days cash on hand, 90% occupancy, net operating margin, and debt service coverage ratio of 1.3 to 1.4 times.
From Barron's ● Jun. 20, 2026
Of the $62 million in debt service payments the public had to make each year, $50 million had been coming from USAir, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported in 2003.
From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2025
The government also obtained an IMF standby loan in January 1992 and reached agreements with commercial bankers on the repayment of interest arrears and on the reduction of debt and debt service payments.
From The 1994 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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