debt servicing
Paying creditors back
Debt servicing is the process of making required payments on a loan or other debt obligation, including both principal and interest.
The term appears most often in discussions of government or corporate finance: The country struggled to meet its debt servicing requirements.
Debt service refers to the payments themselves.
- amortizationGradual debt reduction schedule
- credit riskPotential for borrower nonpayment
- loan repaymentReturning borrowed money
- rolloverVehicle flipping accident
- fiscal policyState spending and taxation
budget deficit · payment schedule · monetary policy · treasury bonds · bond yields · arrears · refinancing · sinking fund · stress testing · bill · contract enforcement · interest rate risk · financial regulation · loan · bailout · fiscal · IMF · mortgage
debt servicingdebt collection
Pursuing owed payments
interest income · revenue collection · investment returns · accounts receivable · dividend income
debt servicingdebt forgiveness
Cancellation of amounts owed
debt cancellation · borrowing · debt restructuring · default · debt repayment