With American debt becoming the talk of every economist lets look at it what it is in simple words.
Debt definition according to wilipedia
A 
debt is that which one party, the 
debtor, owes to a second party, the 
creditor; usually this refers to 
assets owed, but the term can also be used 
metaphorically to cover 
moral obligations and other interactions not based on 
economic value.
| 10 most indebted   developed countries | 
  | Countries | Debt as % of GDP | Size of debt ( $ bn) | 
  | Japan | 234 | 13,795 | 
  | Greece | 139 | 434 | 
  | Italy | 120 | 2,564 | 
  | Iceland | 108 | 16 | 
  | Belgium | 103 | 504 | 
  | Ireland | 102 | 220 | 
  | USA | 99 | 14,270 | 
  | Singapore | 95 | 254 | 
  | France | 88 | 2,365 | 
  | Portugal | 87 | 202 | 
  
 Source IMF, 2010.
The credit crunch brought this debt issue center stage,
In these financially gloomy times its every country  priority to see how they can reduce their national debt .
In the past Americal FED came up with QE1 AND QE2
Quantitative easing (
QE) is an unconventional
 monetary policy used by 
central banks  to stimulate the national economy when conventional monetary policy has  become ineffective. A central bank buys financial assets to inject a  pre-determined 
quantity of money into the economy. This is  distinguished from the more usual policy of buying or selling financial  assets to keep market interest rates at a specified target value.
whispers are already heard about QE3 Coming ,will that happen or not we will know soon ,
If QE3 comes be ready to see short term liquidity flood in emerging markets whichin turn
should  fuel inflation to them.
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