"This combination of higher costs and higher debt risks restricting capacity for future borrowing" the OECD said in a report ...

(Bloomberg) -- Global debt increased by around $7 trillion in 2024 to reach $318 trillion, a record annual high and a reason for financial markets to be cautious, according to the Institute of ...

Global debt surged by about 50 percent over the last decade, outpacing a 46 percent increase in global gross domestic product ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The global debt-to-GDP ratio rose for the first time since 2020 last year, as the world's debt stock hit a new year-end record of $318 trillion and economic growth slowed ...

THE global financial crisis has taken its toll on the world economy, especially on the public finances of advanced economies. As a share of GDP public debt has grown sharply in recent years—from 70 ...

The economic crisis triggered by COVID-19 has devastated many of the world’s poorest countries ... 43 are scheduled to spend more on debt repayments in 2020 than on the health of their citizens (Chart ...

CAPE TOWN, Feb 25 (Reuters) - The debt crisis facing the world's poorest economies is reaching new highs and debt servicing is eating up a growing share of revenues at the expense of spending on ...