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IMF sounds alarm about high global public debt, urges countries to build buffers

GLOBAL BUSINESS AND FINANCE MAGAZINE
October 16, 2025
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The IMF this week edged up its 2025 global growth forecast given a more benign impact from tariffs. Global public debt is projected to rise above 100% of gross domestic product by 2029, reaching its highest level since 1948 and continuing to climb, the IMF said on Wednesday, urging countries to build up buffers to […]

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The Grexit debate ten years on: What we have learned

GLOBAL BUSINESS AND FINANCE MAGAZINE
July 8, 2025
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This week ten years ago, Greece was on the brink of exiting the euro. The integrity of the currency union was again in jeopardy after the crisis of 2010-12. This column reflects on how political responsibility (including the determination of the Greek people to remain in the euro area), institutional determination, and behind-the-scenes arm-twisting eventually […]