(by comparison, america’s net foreign liabilities are 17% of gdp.) much of their debt is being financed by local bank borrowing or bonds sold to investors in creditor countries, such as germany.
(相比之下,美国的凈外债仅占其gdp总量的17%)这些债务中的多数,来自当地银行的贷款,或是向债权国,比如德国出售债券。