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Sadly, unlike the lack of media coverage, and very little discussion of policy circles on this – both on the government, and ...
The Philippines’ running sovereign debt stock has ballooned further to a fresh record-high of nearly P17 trillion as of ...
The Vatican called for sweeping reforms to a global financial system it says punishes the poor and rewards the powerful.
A new mechanism offering debt-distressed countries a way to coordinate action and amplify their voice in the global financial ...
A number of wealthy creditor nations and multilateral lenders have launched an initiative that aims to give sovereign ...
Public debt, or sovereign debt, is an important way for governments to finance investments in growth and development. However, it is also critical that governments are able to continue servicing their ...
Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dr Nigel Clarke, on Monday said the international ...
It is harder to resolve debt crises or finance major infrastructure without bumping up against security concerns — like when the World Bank awarded the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei a ...
Germany, Finland and Belgium last week all raised their estimated borrowing needs, early evidence of how higher defense ...
Sovereign borrowing rose markedly during the pandemic, with the average government debt-to-GDP ratio climbing by 15 percentage points in 2020 External link High interest rates are now taking their ...
An earlier version of this story reported that PowerShares Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt Portfolio invests in both sovereign debt and non-sovereign debt. The fund holds only sovereign debt ...
The reason to fear a Japanese sovereign-debt crisis is the recent pick-up in that country’s core inflation rate to 4%. A new head of the Bank of Japan is likely to take office in April. A crisis ...