1.   External debt continues to weigh heavily upon these countries.

2.   International debt relief is at last getting serious attention, but personal debt continues to be a festering problem.

3.   He received no pay for being the treasurer and his own debt continued to escalate, so he used the fund account to ease his financial situation.

4.   But as margin debt continues to climb, Engel warned, the bullish sign turns bearish.

5.   Debt continued to pile up and Polaroid was eventually unable to meet the tab.

6.   Grupo Mexico does not want to do this, even though its debts continue to grow into what some analysts say looks like a possible precursor to bankruptcy.

7.   Molano said Peruvian debt would probably continue to rise.

8.   Some money managers are convinced Mexican debt could continue to gain.

9.   Still, analysts said, the economy is unlikely to be at risk of a significant downturn so long as installment debt continues to rise at double-digit annual rates.