borrowing needs

But worries that the aid package may be insufficient to meet Greece's borrowing needs contributed to market concerns.

As the euro zone's third-largest economy, Italy's borrowing needs are considered too big for other European countries to pay for.

The reductions don't erase the Treasury's expected overall borrowing needs as the U. S. budget deficit remains estimated at $1. 8 trillion.

Bond investors have worried most about countries with big borrowing needs adding to an already high stock of debt.

The IMF says steady annual progress is needed starting now in reducing borrowing needs.

That could make Japan more dependent on foreigners for its borrowing needs.

There's the lack of parliamentary approval in Greece for new austerity measures intended to reduce the government's borrowing needs.

That is enough to cover Ireland's borrowing needs and bond redemptions well into next year.

S. government bonds through June -- an amount roughly equal to the government's total projected borrowing needs over that period.

Any deal will also include further measures to curb the government's borrowing needs.

"External liquidity" (measures the degree of access to hard currency relative to the borrowing needs);