For Greece, with an overall deficit of 4.1% of GDP and a debt/GDP ratio of 170%, the debt ratio would fall if the combination of inflation and real (inflation-adjusted) GDP growth exceeded 2.4%. Stated differently, now that Greece has achieved a zero primary budget deficit, its debt burden will decline if its nominal growth rate exceeds the average interest that it pays on its government debt.
即使一个经济体存在总体预算赤字，如果名义GDP增长率超过债务，其政府债务/GDP比率也能降低。希腊的总赤字为GDP的4.1%，债务/GDP比率为170%，如果通货膨胀和真实（经通胀调整的）GDP的组合超过2.4%，其债务水平也会下降。换句话说，如今希腊已经实现了零初级预算赤字，如果其名义增长率超过其政府债务的平均利率，则其债务负担将会降低。