Global public debt is barreling toward 100% of world GDP, the fund warned Wednesday. Governments everywhere are spending ...

Global debt ballooned to a record $348 trillion last year, marking the fastest annual increase since the pandemic as governments ramped up borrowing across advanced and developing economies. Total ...

NEW YORK, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Global debt climbed to a record $348 trillion at the end of ⁠2025, ⁠after nearly $29 trillion was added over the year ⁠in the fastest yearly build-up since the pandemic ...

NEW YORK, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Developed markets led a borrowing push ‌that lifted global debt to near $346 trillion at ‌the end of the third quarter, while a pending ruling on the legality of U.S.

The global fiscal outlook has deteriorated sharply as rising public debt, higher interest rates, and renewed geopolitical tensions push governments into increasingly difficult financial territory, ...

LONDON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - The gap between developing nations' debt servicing costs and new financing hit a more than 50-year high of $741 billion between 2022 and 2024, the World Bank said on ...

NEW YORK — Global debt climbed to a record $348 trillion at the end of 2025, after nearly $29 trillion was added over the year in the fastest yearly build-up since the pandemic surge, a banking trade ...

South Asia has become one of the most debt-stressed regions in the world, with the region’s total debt at close to $4 trillion. In 2022, Sri Lanka became the first Asia-Pacific nation to default in ...