Economics Question: "total debt stocks"

[bozothedeathmachine]

Hi all. I'm doing a research project on the markets of Eastern Europe.
I ran across some figures for the "total debt stocks" of some
countries. The textbook definition is "the sum of public and publicly
guaranteed long-term debt, private nonguaranteed long-term debt, the
use of IMF credit, and short-term debt." Does this count as being
corporate, private, and national debtors? Since they joined the EU they
are eligible to receive loans from the EU. Are those coutned in the
total debt stocks? Is it considered similar to FDI in that case?

Thanks,
Ben..

 

[Geckko]

Hi all. I'm doing a research project on the markets of Eastern Europe.
I ran across some figures for the "total debt stocks" of some
countries. The textbook definition is "the sum of public and publicly
guaranteed long-term debt, private nonguaranteed long-term debt, the
use of IMF credit, and short-term debt." Does this count as being
corporate, private, and national debtors? Since they joined the EU they
are eligible to receive loans from the EU. Are those coutned in the
total debt stocks? Is it considered similar to FDI in that case?

Thanks,
Ben..

I would guess the answer would be it includes everything - total debt. God I love Occum's razor.

FYI there is no way FDI could be confused with debt. FDI is a controlling interest (i.e. 50%+ share) in an entity by foreign investor. Debt is just a loan of money.