Although Greece’s public debt amounts to about 175% of GDP, low interest rates – which are fixed for a large proportion of it – and long maturities mean that it may be more manageable than it seems. Greece’s ratio of public-debt service to GDP is similar to that of Portugal, or even Italy.
尽管希腊公共债务高达GDP的175%左右，但低利率——大部分债务的利率都是固定的——和长期限意味着希腊债务比看上去更容易管理。希腊公共债务付息成本与GDP之比接近于葡萄牙甚至意大利。事实上，正因如此，大大增加了援助资金的最新的希腊协议能够起作用，只要希腊能获得它所需要的债务重新安排以扭转GDP下降之势、降低其初级盈余并采取强化资产负债表的改革。