Australia's foreign debt -- data and trends

• Tony Kryger
• Parliamentary Library

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13 July 2009This research paper on foreign debt is the fourth update of a Parliamentary Library paper originally published in September 1989.

The objectives of the paper are to provide statistical information on:

• the levels of gross and net foreign debt;
• comparisons over time;
• the interest liability on foreign debt;
• composition of foreign debt by institutional sector, currency, country and repayment period.