The UK settles its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-American_loan" id="mw7g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Anglo-American loan">Anglo-American loan</a>, post-WWII loan debt.<sup about="#mwt153" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-28"}}' id="cite_ref-28" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_29#cite_note-28" id="mw7w" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 28;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw8A">[28]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-28"><cite about="#mwt150" class="citation news cs1" id="CITEREFThornton2006">Thornton, Philip (29 December 2006). <a class="external text" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/britain-pays-off-final-instalment-of-us-loan-after-61-years-430118.html" id="mwCOQ" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Britain pays off final instalment of US loan - after 61 years"</a>. <i id="mwCOU">The Independent</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCOY">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCOc">9 December</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt150" class="Z3988" id="mwCOg" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=The+Independent&amp;rft.atitle=Britain+pays+off+final+instalment+of+US+loan+-+after+61+years&amp;rft.date=2006-12-29&amp;rft.aulast=Thornton&amp;rft.aufirst=Philip&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fbusiness%2Fnews%2Fbritain-pays-off-final-instalment-of-us-loan-after-61-years-430118.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+29"></span></span>