http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/economics/government-debt-statistics/ Economics Blog - current events and economics essays Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:46:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/economics/government-debt-statistics/comment-page-1/#comment-1284 Peter Barnett Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:20:32 +0000 http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/?p=633#comment-1284 Why are future debt commitments, pensions, PFI repayments, Northern Rock, et al, not part of the National Debt? The treasury must do cash flow projections (?) to calculate how much income it needs. Don't these factor into the calculations? Why are future debt commitments, pensions, PFI repayments, Northern Rock, et al, not part of the National Debt? The treasury must do cash flow projections (?) to calculate how much income it needs. Don’t these factor into the calculations?

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