If it is left like that, debt will rise as a result.

Total national debt rose in dollar terms each year from 1972-2012.

He said the peacekeeping debt could rise from the present $800 million to $1.1 billion by the end of the year.

Instead, the debt will rise to $3.4 trillion by 2007.

Our total debt would have risen by about £300 billion pounds.

In the Reagan years, that debt rose to 52 percent of national income.

As a result, the nation's foreign debt is rising faster than its income.

If the public debt rises a bit, private debts can come back into line.

At the time, the national debt remained under $3 trillion but was rising.

Bad debts rose 20 percent, to £706 million ($1.26 billion).