NEW YORK, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Global debt climbed to a record $348 trillion at the end of 2025, after nearly $29 trillion was ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global debt rose by around $7.5 trillion in the first three months of the year to hit a record high of over $324 trillion, data from a banking trade group showed on Tuesday. The ...

Total debt now sits at a record $348 trillion, driven by global investment in national security and AI. “Rising AI-related ...

Economic pressures from steep new U.S. tariffs will push global public debt above pandemic-era levels to nearly 100% of global GDP by the end of the decade as slower growth and trade strain government ...

Global debt just hit a record $348 trillion after its fastest annual surge since the pandemic. In Washington, President ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast that global public debt will reach over $100 trillion by the end of this year, equivalent to 93 percent of global GDP, and hit 100 percent by the end ...

According to the OECD Global Debt Report 2026, the growing demand for AI infrastructure such as data centres, advanced chips ...

"I think globally, the serious, serious issue that we need to watch is sovereign debt," Mohammed Al-Jadaan told CNBC in Riyadh. Global public debt hit a record $97 trillion in 2023, prompting the ...

The U.S. accounts for the largest portion of the global debt at 34.6%. Major contributing factors include an aging population, defense spending triggered by geopolitical tensions and rising health ...

LONDON (Reuters) -Global debt hit a record high of $337.7 trillion at the end of the second quarter, driven by easing global financial conditions, a softer U.S. dollar and a more accommodative stance ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top U.S. and Chinese officials joined a meeting on Wednesday of the Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable, where a key topic was the lack of transparency about commercial bank loans ...