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financing gap

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noun

  1. the difference between a country's requirements for foreign exchange to finance its debts and imports and its income from overseas

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Warshawsky’s analysis finds that a $2 million threshold would reduce program costs by about 13.6%, while a gradual phase-out would save 11.8%, neither of which would fully close the projected financing gap.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

That would leave a roughly $1.5 trillion financing gap.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 14, 2025

If the union were to succeed on either front, Fisher would not be stopped from moving to Las Vegas but would have to cover the financing gap.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 16, 2023

However, Tuesday’s report added that as the fiscal deficit widens in Solomon Islands and FSM, the governments are expected to increase borrowing to meet the financing gap — increasing the public debt.

From Reuters Aug. 8, 2023

A study by the Paulson Institute, a research organization, found that reversing biodiversity decline by 2030 would require closing a financing gap of about $700 billion per year.

From New York Times Dec. 19, 2022

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