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

Leaders

Germany cannot afford to wait to relax its debt brake

It should move before the election

The World Ahead 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