Explore the definition of foreign debt, its rise, and economic impacts. Learn about challenges like debt crises and effects on growth and human rights.

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Explore how debt deflation increases real debt burdens during economic downturns and its potential spiral effects on the economy and borrowers.

In a new working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, economists Vadim Elenev, Tim Landvoigt, an ...

Despite RBI rate cuts in 2025, India’s bond yields stayed elevated as global interest rates, heavy state borrowing and weaker ...

Last week, the national debt surpassed $37 trillion, twice what it was just a decade ago. Once upon a time, the national debt was the subject of intense national debate. Democrats and Republicans once ...

New policy by the People’s Bank of China applies to one-off debts up to 10,000 yuan incurred since 2020, aiming to help ...

Angelica Leicht is the senior editor for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews.com, where she writes and edits articles on a range of personal finance topics. Angelica previously held editing ...

Donald Trump has big plans for the economy — and a big debt problem that will be a hurdle to delivering on them. Trump has bold ideas on tax cuts tariffs and other programs, but high interest rates ...

Close on the heels of agreements with key bilateral lenders, the Sri Lankan government last week announced that it has reached debt restructuring agreements with commercial creditors (those who have ...

Concessions made by Speaker Kevin McCarthy heighten economic risk, experts said. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., emerged with gavel in hand on Saturday after fierce Republican negotiations, ...

Emaar The Economic City (EMAAR) shareholders approved increasing the company's capital by 68.74% through debt conversion at an extraordinary general assembly meeting, the company announced on December ...