DEBTOR NATION
A nation with a cumulative balance of payments deficit. A debtor nation has negative net investment after recording all of the financial transactions it has completed worldwide. Nations that have invested fewer resources than the rest of the world has invested in them are known as debtor nations. In 2006, The United States was the world's biggest debtor nation, posting a trade deficit of more than $61 billion and total debt of trillions of dollars.
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| 02:30 | ANZ Jobs Advertisements | Nov | |
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| 02:30 | Retail Sales | Oct | |
| 09:00 | Trade Balance | Oct | |
| 09:30 | CPI | Nov | |
| 10:00 | Unemployment Change | Nov | |
| 11:30 | Sentix Investor Confidence | Dec | |
| 17:00 | Factory Orders | Oct |
