The US Treasury secretary expects tariffs and growth to boost government revenue, while banks and monetary innovation keep borrowing costs in check. The scheme evokes the 18th-century Scottish ...

One method is calculating debt held by the public as a percent of gross domestic product. This figure stood at 97% at the end of 2022, down from nearly 100% in 2020.

Global public debt is expected to approach 100 per­cent of global GDP by the end of the decade. ... Source: International Monetary Fund News (www.imf.org), May 14, 2025.

As cuts by rich donors decimate aid budgets for the world's most vulnerable, private financing has been touted as the ...

Public debt, including corporate bonds and government securities, ... private credit has emerged as an alternative for businesses facing challenges in securing financing from traditional sources.

President Trump’s tariffs remain a source of ongoing uncertainty. Just in the last two weeks, Trump announced a 25% tariff on smart phones and threatened a 50% tariff on European goods from June ...

Long a focus of conservatives, the level of public borrowing is starting to concern left-leaning economists. Proposed remedies still differ radically. Source: Congressional Budget Office By The ...

U.S. debt projections. In February of 2024, the Government Accountability Office projected that by 2028, debt held by the public will increase to 106% of the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP), the ...

Ricardo Reis, Debt Revenue and the Sustainability of Public Debt, The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 36, No. 4 (Fall 2022), pp. 103-124 Free online reading for over 10 million articles Save ...

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani's flagship firm plans to raise up to 10 billion rupees ($116.77 million) through a retail bond issue opening for public subscription next week, two sources aware of the ...