The G20 was built to stabilise the world’s economy – but it’s failed on climate, debt and inequality

The Group of Twenty (G20) emerged from the financial turmoil that followed the collapse of the Thai currency in 1997, which ...

Central Banks: How They Monetize Government Debt Explained

Understand how central banks monetize government debt by trading interest-bearing securities for cash, impacting inflation ...
The New York Times

Some of the World’s Atomic Clocks Were Off Last Week (by 5-Millionths of a Second)

How some of the world’s most precise clocks missed a very small beat. By Mike Ives and Adeel Hassan Time appeared to skip a beat last week when some of the world’s most accurate clocks were affected ...
commodity

Pakistan’s National Debt Clock: Find Out Who’s Bailing Them Out

Disclosure: Our reviews are independent; we may earn a commission when you sign up – at no extra cost to you. Learn more... The government of Pakistan only recognizes the debt issued by its own Debt ...
Seeking Alpha

A Debt-Driven Credit Crisis May Be On The Horizon

I have not been a debt hawk for most of my 30-year career; however, that has changed recently. Continued high deficit spending by the U.S. government combined with a compacting of U.S. Treasury bond ...
Benzinga.com

Dave Ramsey Says Those Predicting The 'Economic End Of The World' Over National Debt 'Keep Being Wrong'

“I’ve observed people in my world write books about the economic end of the world,” the personal finance expert said in an interview with comedian Theo Von last year. “And they keep being wrong, so I ...
Reuters

World Bank warns developing world 'not out of danger' as debt costs hit record

LONDON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - The gap between developing nations' debt servicing costs and new financing hit a more than 50-year high of $741 billion between 2022 and 2024, the World Bank said on ...
The Diplomat

South Asia’s Debt Addiction

South Asia has become one of the most debt-stressed regions in the world, with the region’s total debt at close to $4 trillion. In 2022, Sri Lanka became the first Asia-Pacific nation to default in ...
Wall Street Journal

Is America Heading for a Debt Crisis? Look Abroad for Answers

Politics and debt don’t mix well. Americans would be wise to look across the Atlantic to see how tough things can get. The U.K. government demonstrated the problem with its annual budget, where it is ...
UPI

Argentina must pay more than $10 billion in debt in first half of 2026

BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 26 (UPI) --Argentina must pay more than $10 billion in external debt during the first half of 2026 -- an obligation that puts heavy pressure on the country's finances as its total ...
InvestmentNews

Big tech's debt binge raises risk in race to create an AI world

Wall Street is growing increasingly concerned about the amount of leverage that Big Tech is taking on to build out its artificial intelligence infrastructure as the industry faces rising fears of a ...
The Economist

Africa’s other debt crisis

Two decades ago African debt was high on the international agenda. In 2005 the G8, as the group of rich countries was then called, approved widespread debt relief for poor countries. As the G20 (a ...