As we enter 2026, there is no better time to review our finances. With the national debt surpassing $38 trillion, here are ...

Discover what odious debt is, how it operates, and examples of its occurrence. Learn why successor governments may refuse to ...

The author, a former World Bank chief economist and former first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, is senior research professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global debt rose by around $7.5 trillion in the first three months of the year to hit a record high of over $324 trillion, data from a banking trade group showed on Tuesday. The ...

Economic pressures from steep new U.S. tariffs will push global public debt above pandemic-era levels to nearly 100% of global GDP by the end of the decade as slower growth and trade strain government ...

Discover how a national debt crisis affects global economies, disrupting trade, boosting inflation, and affecting currency values worldwide.

The U.S. accounts for the largest portion of the global debt at 34.6%. Major contributing factors include an aging population, defense spending triggered by geopolitical tensions and rising health ...

Despite a succession of shocks since 2020, the global economy has held up remarkably well – so far. But the margin for error is dwindling. Total global debt is now ...

SLV and the precious metals markets may provide a hedge against the excessive issuance of government debt in China, Japan, and the U.S. Rising government debt in major economies is a bullish catalyst ...

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, an ...

American households are carrying more debt than ever, and the numbers now rival or exceed what many peers abroad owe. To understand how deep the average American is in the red compared with other ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast that global public debt will reach over $100 trillion by the end of this year, equivalent to 93 percent of global GDP, and hit 100 percent by the end ...