The IMF warns that global public debt is approaching 100% of GDP. This level has not been seen since World War II.

Oil shocks during the 1970s represented a turning point where governments started running deficits constantly instead of just ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top U.S. and Chinese officials joined a meeting on Wednesday of the Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable, where a key topic was the lack of transparency about commercial bank loans ...

According to the latest data from the International Monetary Fund, the world is in a huge amount of debt, and just a handful of nations are driving the roughly hundreds of trillions in public debt.

Global debt ballooned to a record $348 trillion last year, marking the fastest annual increase since the pandemic as governments ramped up borrowing across advanced and developing economies. Total ...

The case for introducing fundamentally driven, or smart, global bond market indexes has been reinforced by both rapid growth in sovereign bond issuance and DM debt levels in recent years.

NEW YORK, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Developed markets led a borrowing push ‌that lifted global debt to near $346 trillion at ‌the end of the third quarter, while a pending ruling on the legality of U.S.

NEW YORK, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Global debt climbed to a record $348 trillion at the end of ⁠2025, ⁠after nearly $29 trillion was added over the year ⁠in the fastest yearly build-up since the pandemic ...

During the Great Depression, as he saw ordinary people’s purchasing power collapse, Federal Reserve Chairman Marriner Eccles warned that excessive saving by the rich was draining demand and deepening ...