debtor nation
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Other experts said the Tolchins confronted important issues, such as the country’s transformation from creditor to a debtor nation.
From Washington Post ● May 19, 2016
No wonder we have become the world’s leading debtor nation.
From Forbes ● Jan. 2, 2015
"So in effect you've already got Turkmenistan being a debtor nation to China - and that puts the Chinese in a very strong position."
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2014
The realization was that it didn’t matter if the U.S. was the biggest surplus or biggest debtor nation.
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2012
In the meantime the United States though still a debtor nation has also become a creditor nation.
From American World Policies by Walter E. Weyl
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