Consider the Following Hypothetical Data for a Developing Country Does This Country Have a Debt Crisis? What Additional Pieces

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Essay

Consider the following hypothetical data for a developing country:
$$\begin{array} { c c c c c } \hline \text { Year } & \text { Total Debt (th) } & \text { Debtexport ( h) } & \text { GDP Growth } & \text { Inv. Grawth } \\\hline 1 & 6 & 134 & 0.6 \% & - 1.0 \% \\2 & 6.5 & 147 & 2.9 \% & 1.1 \% \\3 & 7 & 159 & 5.1 \% & 1.6 \% \\4 & 7.5 & 174 & 0.4 \% & 2.4 \% \\5 & \mathbf { 8 } & 198 & 1.1 \% & - 0 .6 \%\\\hline\end{array}$$ Does this country have a debt crisis? What additional pieces of quantitative or qualitative evidence
(if any) would help you to decide?

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