Soaring U.S. Debt Doesn't Just Put America at Risk. It Could Trigger Contagion Across Global Markets, IIF Warns

Soaring U.S. debt doesn't just put America at risk. It could trigger contagion across global markets, IIF warns

Treasury yields spiked recently amid mounting fears that investor demand for U.S. debt is waning just as supply is taking off, with a budget bill in Congress expected to add trillions to the deficit. But the effects of rising debt won’t be limited to the American economy, according to the Institute of International Finance. It’s not just Americans and the federal government poised to feel the effects of U.S. debt, which has exploded in recent ye…

World public debt could reach 100 per cent of global gross domestic product (GDP) by the end of the decade if current trends continue, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned.

Global debt: a ticking time bomb

For decades, the world economy has been kept afloat by the life support of credit. For a time, it appeared as if there was no limit to what governments could borrow in order to stabilise the system. Problems were simply kicked down the road, as if there were no tomorrow. In this way, they have fed a monster, which now threatens to devour its master.

Debt is higher and rising faster in 80 percent of the global economy

Fiscal Policy under mounting uncertainty means government budgets need resilience - particularly in countries whose economic weight makes them influence global trends, says the IMF

Global Public Debt in 2030 will represent 100 percent of GDP: IMF – The Observatorial

World public debt could reach 100 percent of the global gross domestic product (GDP) by the end of the decade if current trends are maintained, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned. Approximately third of the countries, which represent 80 percent of world GDP, have a public debt superior to the one they had before the […]

The World Debt Situation Has Become More Unstable, Octa Broker warns

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach Newswire – 30 May 2025 – Traders and investors alike are unnerved by the recent turbulence in the bond markets. After Moody’s—a major rating agency—downgraded U.S. government debt on 16 May, and Japanese long-term bond yields soared to multi-decade highs, some market participants started to fear that the world […]