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financing gap

British  

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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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

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

The fund will help bridge a $10 billion financing gap and initially had commitments of $1.4 billion, with more to be announced.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2022

Kevin Chika Urama, chief economist at the African Development Bank, said Africa faced a climate financing gap of about $108 billion each year.

From Reuters • Sep. 9, 2022

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