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The national debt is rising faster than ever and threatens to undermine confidence in the economy, experts warn.

The document was presented at the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences on June 20 as one of the main initiatives of the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope. According to data maintained by the U.N., ...

The United States national debt has topped $38 trillion, as the gap between government spending and revenues in the world’s ...

Global debt has stabilized, though it remains at an elevated level, as a continued reduction in private-sector lending offset greater borrowing by governments. Total debt was little changed last year, ...

Global public debt could increase to 100 percent of global gross domestic product by the end of the decade if current trends continue, according to projections in our latest Fiscal Monitor. The rising ...

Bloomberg Opinion on how government debt is a global problem: Finance ministers and central bankers, gathered in Washington for the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund, face a global ...

Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio said Friday that gold and non-fiat currencies will gain strength as major currencies weaken under growing global debt pressures. “We are going to see non-fiat currencies ...