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US' gross national debt surpasses $31 trillion as new fiscal year begins

The nation's gross national debt has surpassed USD31 trillion, according to a US Treasury report released Tuesday that logs America's daily finances. Edging closer to the statutory ceiling of roughly USD31.4 trillion, an artificial cap Congress placed on the US government's ability to borrow, the debt numbers hit an already tenuous economy facing high inflation, rising interest rates and a strong US dollar. And while President Joe Biden has touted his administration's deficit reduction efforts this year and recently signed the so-called Inflation Reduction Act, which attempts to tame 40-year high price increases caused by a variety of economic factors, economists say the latest debt numbers are a cause for concern. Owen Zidar, a Princeton economist, said rising interest rates will exacerbate the nation's growing debt issues and make the debt itself more costly. The Federal Reserve has raised rates several times this year in an effort to combat inflation. Zidar said the debt "should

Nabha Power secures approval to convert Rs 5,341-cr debt to equity

When contacted, L&T did not comment on Nabha Power debt conversion or its sale

JSW Ports repays Rs 862 cr; to be net debt-free in 2-3 yrs: CFO JSW Infra

The second-largest private sector port operator JSW Ports, which has completed capacity expansion at an investment of Rs 4,000-crore, eyes to be a net-debt-free company over the next two-three years having already pared Rs 862 crore so far this fiscal. The company financed the repayments of higher-cost rupee loans from a consortium of lenders, which were priced at 9.5 per cent, partly with internal accruals and the rest from the USD 400-million overseas bond issuance in February this year, Lalit Singhvi, the chief financial officer and a director at JSW Infrastructure, the fully-owned arm of the Sajjan Jindal-run JSW Group and the holding company of the ports business, told PTI on Friday. After paying back Rs 862 crore of debt, he said, the company will have on its book a net debt of Rs 2,700 crore and gross debt of Rs 4,200 crore. With this JSW Ports has already repaid over Rs 2,800 crore in the past few years. The rupee debt was from a consortium of banks comprising Axis Bank, ...

India is counting on debut sovereign green bond to lower financing costs

The govt has developed a framework to sell the debt in line with widely-used principles from the International Capital Market Association, and is also liaising with the World Bank over best practices

GMR Warora Energy signs pact with lenders to recast Rs 3,000 cr loans

Loans would be repaid progressively over 15 years, giving the company additional time of about seven years to extinguish the liability

CreditSights finds calculation errors in debt report on Adani Group firms

CreditSights said it had discovered calculation errors in its recent debt report on two power and transmission companies controlled by Gautam Adani, following a conversation with the management

Adani Green's key debt ratio is set to improve, says Nomura Holdings

The Adani conglomerate has committed to invest a total of $70 billion by 2030 across its green energy value chain to become the world's largest renewable energy producer.

Pak forex reserves fall to lowest since 2019 due to increased debt: Report

Data by the State Bank of Pakistan said that country's foreign reserves have dropped by $555 mn or 6.6% on a weekly basis due to increased debt payments and a lack of external financing this month.

Future Consumer Q1 net loss widens to Rs 95.14 cr, revenue down 65%

The company had posted a net loss of Rs 31.54 crore in the April-June quarter a year ago, said FCL, the FMCG arm of the Future group, in a BSE filing.

HDFC executes unusual trade to hedge borrowings against interest rate risk

The switch in hedging tools comes as markets are buffeted by surging policy rates, with the Reserve Bank of India having hiked by 140 basis points since May to tackle inflation

Ukraine's creditors agree on two-year freeze on $20-bn overseas debt

Ukraine said it would save around $5 billion over the next 24 months as it manages its dwindling financial resources.

DLF cuts net debt by 16% sequentially to Rs 2,259 cr in Q1 on strong sales

It asserted that the completed inventory and receivables from customers against sold units would be sufficient to discharge all current liabilities

IL&FS sells 2 firms in energy business for Rs 77.5 cr to reduce debt

IEDCL sold 27.75 per cent of its stake in Urjankur Nidhi Trust, where Maharashtra Energy Development Agency has a 50 per cent stake and Shree Datta Shetkari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd holds 22.25 per cent.

Statsguru: Six charts explain state of stressed finances in India

The RBI study turned the spotlight on 10 states that were reeling from financial stress and on their growing inability to service their debt

Corporate debt quality remains steady in June after improving since Feb

According to CARE Ratings, upgrades in rated debt can be attributed to higher demand with the economy opening up after lockdowns, releasing pent-up demand, and lower cost of capital

Airtel Africa clears dues worth $450 mn, purchases notes via tender offer

The company had issued a tender offer to purchase USD 300 million worth of its 5.35 per cent guaranteed senior notes of $1 billion due 2024.

China's once profitable railways records $900bn debt over push for growth

What was once China's profitable high-speed railways is now heading towards a trillion-dollar disaster after reports of debt nearing a whopping $900 billion

Why a historic cascade of defaults is coming for developing countries

Sri Lanka was the first nation to stop paying its foreign bondholders this year, burdened by unwieldy food and fuel costs that stoked protests and political chaos

J&K Bank gets board approval to raise up to Rs 2,000 crore in FY23

State-owned Jammu and Kashmir Bank (J&K Bank) on Tuesday said it will raise up to Rs 2,000 crore, through a mix of debt and equity, in the current fiscal year 2022-23. The board of directors of the bank, in its meeting held on June 28, approved the capital raise plan, J&K Bank said in a regulatory filing. The board approved to raise equity capital up to Rs 500 crore in one or more tranches by way of rights issue/ preferential allotment, private placement/ qualified institutional placement or a follow on public offer or any other approved route, it said. It has also approved to raise up to Rs 1,500 crore capital by way of issuance of Basel III compliant tier II bonds in the nature of non-convertible debentures on a private placement basis, it added. Stock of J&K Bank closed at Rs 26 apiece on BSE, up by 1.56 per cent from previous close.

Russia defaults on foreign-currency sovereign debt for 1st time since 1918

Russia defaulted on its foreign-currency sovereign debt for the first time in a century, the culmination of ever-tougher Western sanctions that shut down payment routes to overseas creditors