The federal government is taking on record amounts of debt year after year. The U.S. owes lenders more than $36 trillion. That is close to an all-time high when comparing the debt to the country’s ...
In a new working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, economists Vadim Elenev, Tim Landvoigt, an ...
Globally, government debt/GDP ratios and debt service costs have increased since the GFC and Covid, raising the relevance and importance of sovereign bond indices like the FTSE Debt Capacity World ...
Debt financing costs have jumped to the highest level since 2007 among OECD governments. Interest payment as a share of GDP outpaced defense and safety services. The US accounted for over two-thirds ...
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Asking whether a given debt level is “high” is a bit like asking how long a piece of string is. But it’s fair to say the string is quite long for a lot of countries. Twin deficits are now widespread ...