Friday, December 17, 2021

$226 Trillion Global Debt

Excerpt from the IMF Blog's article:

"In 2020, we observed the largest one-year debt surge since World War II, with global debt rising to $226 trillion as the world was hit by a global health crisis and a deep recession. Debt was already elevated going into the crisis, but now governments must navigate a world of record-high public and private debt levels, new virus mutations, and rising inflation."









Image credit - IMF Blog















No comments:

Post a Comment

Economics of Natural Disasters

Global economic damage from natural disasters, differentiated by disaster category and measured in US$ per year. Data are sourced from OurWo...