Debt
China
Does China have the fiscal firepower to rescue its economy?
There is a fierce debate over whether it can afford to keep spending
Finance & economics
Europe could be torn apart by new divisions
The continent is at its most vulnerable in decades
By Invitation
America’s debt cannot keep stacking up, says Jeffrey Gundlach
The “King of Bonds” sees the risk of a debt restructuring with global repercussions
Finance & economics
The World Bank is struggling to serve all 78 poor countries
Bangladesh and Niger are very different places
Finance & economics
The hidden cost of Chinese loans
Governments that borrow from China must pay more to borrow from others
Finance & economics
France is not alone in its fiscal woes
Deficits look worryingly wide across Europe
Finance & economics
Why everyone wants to lend to weak companies
An unanticipated side-effect of Donald Trump’s election victory
Finance & economics
How Trump, Starmer and Macron can avoid a debt crunch
With deficits soaring, their finance ministers will have to be smart
Europe in 2025
A fiscal squeeze in 2025 will harm Europe’s growth
It will affect politics and the war in Ukraine, too
Finance & economics
A tonne of public debt is never made public
New research suggests governments routinely hide their borrowing
Finance & economics
Vast government debts are riskier than they appear
A provocative new paper gets central bankers talking at Jackson Hole