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  2. Global debt is at $307 trillion. Why does it matter ... - World...

    www.weforum.org/stories/2023/12/what-is-global-debt-why-high

    Global debt is borrowing by governments, businesses and people, and it’s at dangerously high levels. In 2021, global debt reached a record $303 trillion, a further jump from what was record global debt in 2020 of $226 trillion, as reported by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its Global Debt Database. This was the biggest one-year debt ...

  3. This is how much debt your country has per person

    www.weforum.org/stories/2017/10/this-is-how-much-debt-your-country-has-per-person

    Countries with the highest public debt throughout this period are Japan, at 221.8% of GDP in 2015, followed by Greece (181.6%), Italy (157.5%) and Portugal (149.2%). Although Greece’s debt/GDP ratio is significantly lower than Japan’s, the consequences have been much more severe in Greece , not least because the debt is owed to foreign ...

  4. The 20 countries with the greatest public debt

    www.weforum.org/stories/2015/07/the-20-countries-with-the-greatest-public-debt

    The 20 countries with the greatest public debt. Japan, the world’s most indebted nation, is struggling to emerge from over two decades of stagnation. Greece, second in the list, is suffering a critical economic crisis. According to the IMF. Since the early 1990’s Japan has experienced continuous stagnation.

  5. These EU countries have the most government debt

    www.weforum.org/stories/2019/05/european-countries-with-most-government-debt-chart

    Greece has the highest government debt-to-GDP ratio of any European Union member state, according to new figures from Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office. At the end of 2018, its debt stood at 181% of national GDP, an increase of 5 percentage points from the previous year. After struggling to control its overspending, the Eurozone country ...

  6. Which countries are in ecological debt? | World Economic Forum

    www.weforum.org/stories/2015/08/which-countries-are-in-ecological-debt

    Of the 52 countries in Africa with available data, 30 countries are in deficit. Burundi, Djibouti, South Africa, Swaziland, Tunisia, Kenya and Uganda are in a particularly bad place, either because of high per capita carbon emissions, or population pressure and demand for crop and grazing land. Uganda’s ecological footprint has consistently ...

  7. Lessons for the IMF from the Greek crisis | World Economic Forum

    www.weforum.org/stories/2015/07/lessons-for-the-imf-from-the-greek-crisis

    Jul 15, 2015. This blog draws two lessons from the failed Greek programme. Olivier Blanchard is right that the fiscal adjustment of the last 5 years was unavoidable. An earlier debt restructuring could hardly have prevented it. (1) However, an earlier debt restructuring would have allowed significantly lower primary surpluses from now on and it ...

  8. How ballooning global debt and hiked interest rates are affecting...

    www.weforum.org/stories/2023/07/debt-crisis-interest-rates-developing-countries

    The situation, experts say, is forcing developing countries to borrow at higher interest rates, further exacerbating the ballooning level of global debt. The issue was a major topic of discussion at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions (AMNC), which was held in Tianjin, China, in June 2023.

  9. 4 ways a greener economy can help debt-ridden countries

    www.weforum.org/stories/2023/02/greener-economy-can-help-debt-ridden-countries

    Going green could help debt-ridden countries progress and ease their debt burdens. Many countries are staring into a debt crisis as the world faces multiple challenges with supply-chain disruptions, the Russia-Ukraine war and high inflation. The United Nations identified 54 developing countries as having severe debt problems.

  10. Should countries always aim to reduce their debts?

    www.weforum.org/stories/2015/06/should-countries-always-aim-to-reduce-their-debts

    Three objections may be raised to this argument: (i) in some countries, debt is dangerously high and there is risk of a funding crisis; (ii) debt is bad for growth and should therefore be paid down; (iii) there may be large fiscal shocks in the future, so it is sensible to build up buffers against them. Each of these is a potentially serious ...

  11. Countries are piling on record amounts of debt amid COVID-19

    www.weforum.org/stories/2020/11/covid-19-has-countries-borrowing-money-just...

    When the European Central Bank committed to a €1.35 trillion asset purchase program to cushion the blow of COVID-19 earlier this year, it brought to the surface a deep-seated disagreement in its governing council. This analysis examines the political conflicts always liable to break out at the ECB, and what drives them.