debt burdens

Financial weights carried

Debt burdens are the weight of financial obligations relative to ability to pay.

The term emphasizes strain—a country's debt burden may crush its economy, a household's debt burden may consume most of its income.

Student loan debt burdens have delayed homeownership for many millennials.

The plural often appears in policy discussions about developing nations or overleveraged consumers.

Related

payment plan · poverty · living paycheck to paycheck · insolvency · creditor · collection agency · student loans · austerity · loan · arrears · interest payments · loan forgiveness · bankruptcy · overleveraged · interest · obligations · finance · mortgages

Opposites
financial position

debt burdensassets

Owned items of value

savings · wealth · net worth · financial assets · equity

fiscal trajectory

debt burdenssurpluses

Amounts exceeding requirements

budget surplus · wealth building · capital gains · fiscal surplus · trade surplus

Family

debt, debts, debtor, debtors, indebted, indebtedness, burden, burdens, burdened

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G