Global Debt

Global debt hits record high of over $324 trillion: Banking trade group

The weaker dollar has worked as a buffer across developing economies, limiting the impact in emerging markets of the spike in volatility triggered by US President Donald Trump's trade war

Updated On: 06 May 2025 | 11:49 PM IST

Global debt exceeds $100 trillion as interest costs surge, says OECD

Germany's parliament approved a massive plan to boost infrastructure and support a broader European defence spending push this week

Updated On: 20 Mar 2025 | 11:16 PM IST

African debt crisis may have severe implications for world economy

The continent's foreign debt reached more than $1.1 trillion at the end of last year. More than two dozen countries have excessive debt or are at high risk of it

Updated On: 28 Aug 2024 | 11:22 PM IST

Key debt ratio resumes rise as global debt burden hits record $315 trn: IIF

Debt in emerging markets grew to a record of more than $105 trillion - having more than doubled over the past decade according to IIF data

Updated On: 07 May 2024 | 8:38 PM IST

The ominous shadow of global debt

The IMF's latest reports warn that piecemeal solutions won't suffice anymore

Updated On: 01 May 2024 | 9:40 PM IST

HSBC helps overseas funds navigate India's bond market as inclusion nears

Investors have cited several obstacles to obtaining an onshore permit in India, including heavy documentation process, margin requirements for trading, barriers to freely move money out of the country

Updated On: 08 Apr 2024 | 12:17 PM IST

Higher-for-longer rates will keep constricting global economy: World Bank

Both Ajay Banga, the institution's president, and Chief Economist Indermit Gill warned that the fallout from the sudden shift to an era of elevated borrowing costs may be tough

Updated On: 11 Oct 2023 | 10:34 PM IST

Global debt hit record $307 trn in Q2 despite rising interest rate

The financial services trade group said in a report that global debt in dollar terms had risen by $10 trillion in the first half of 2023 and by $100 trillion over the past decade

Updated On: 19 Sep 2023 | 9:34 PM IST

Top headlines: IT companies' forex revenue, falling global debt and more

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Updated On: 14 Sep 2023 | 9:39 AM IST

Global debt fell as share of GDP in 2022, may resume rising trend: IMF

The IMF said in an update to its Global Debt Database that the world's total debt to-GDP ratio fell last year to 238 per cent from 248 per cent in 2021 and 258 per cent in 2020

Updated On: 13 Sep 2023 | 7:26 PM IST

FM calls for concerted global efforts to restructure debt of poor nations

Sitharaman said G20 also stresses the criticality of debt vulnerability in low- and middle-income countries through an effective, comprehensive, and systematic approach

Updated On: 11 Aug 2023 | 11:19 PM IST

After Credit Suisse wipeout, AT1 bonds make a return in the global market

A Bloomberg index of contingent convertible bonds has risen 10 per cent from the lows seen during the Credit Suisse crisis

Updated On: 06 Apr 2023 | 4:10 PM IST

G-20 countries need to tackle global debt, says PM Narendra Modi

Addressing the FMCBG meeting, Modi said the global economy was still suffering from the after-effects of the pandemic and wide-ranging geopolitical tensions

Updated On: 24 Feb 2023 | 11:42 PM IST

Indian households outdo emerging market peers on cutting debt levels

Only one among BRIC countries to have cut leverage to levels to pre-pandemic levels

Updated On: 16 Dec 2022 | 7:33 PM IST

WEF 2022: What does 'global debt' mean and how high is it at present?

The current debt wave is the world's fourth since 1970, the World Bank says

Updated On: 17 May 2022 | 1:16 PM IST

International Monetary Fund, World Bank chiefs raise global debt alarm

World Bank President Malpass called for a new process for restructuring debt burdens for developing nations amid concerns about a lack of transparency over how much they owe to China

Updated On: 20 Apr 2022 | 11:02 PM IST

Global debt reaches record $226 trn in 2020 amid Covid pandemic: IMF

Global debt rose to a record $226 trillion in 2020 as the world was hit by the raging Covid-19 pandemic and a deep recession, the International Monetary Fund said

Updated On: 16 Dec 2021 | 10:43 AM IST

Covid-19 pandemic debt adds to challenge of funding world's climate goals

The $300 trillion pile of debt held by governments, businesses and households will leave many countries with vulnerable finances

Updated On: 18 Nov 2021 | 12:14 PM IST

Global debt jumps to new high of $226 trillion, says IMF report

Sees risk of sizeable sell-off in stocks

Updated On: 13 Oct 2021 | 10:57 PM IST

Global debt jumps to a new high of $226 trillion, says IMF

This figure includes both public and non-financial private sector debt.

Updated On: 13 Oct 2021 | 5:37 PM IST