The global fiscal landscape in 2026 is defined by a paradox: while the total volume of global debt has reached a staggering new record of $348 trillion, the actual debt-to-GDP ratios in many mature ...

Estimated global debt leaped almost $29 trillion to a record $348 trillion last year, fueled by increased governmental spending on defense and AI.

Asking whether a given debt level is “high” is a bit like asking how long a piece of string is. But it’s fair to say the string is quite long for a lot of countries. Twin deficits are now widespread ...

The latest update of the IMF’s Global Debt Database shows that total global debt has almost stabilized above 235 percent of global GDP. This stability masks divergent trends: the rise in public debt ...

Globally, government debt/GDP ratios and debt service costs have increased since the GFC and Covid, raising the relevance and importance of sovereign bond indices like the FTSE Debt Capacity World ...