(Yicai) Jan. 28 -- The ratio of China’s debt to gross domestic product rose to more than 300 percent last year, mainly as a ...

Under the revised FRBM Act, the fiscal deficit target for 2025–26 was set at below 4.5 per cent of GDP. As this milestone approaches, the Union government has outlined a new medium-term strategy that ...

The cost of borrowing is already choking crucial public spending in many developing economies. Now it’s raising broader ...

Budget 2026-27 may prioritize debt-to-GDP ratio management over fiscal deficit targets, aiming for stability and growth.

As India prepares for the upcoming Union Budget, a subtle but significant shift in fiscal strategy is taking centre stage. Rather than focusing solely on a headline fiscal deficit number, the ...

Rearmament, an aging population, technological change and fear of voters are fueling a risky trend.

That assumes a growth rate similar to the last decade’s. If the debt rockets up like it has over the last few years, the ...

Pakistan's finance ministry has admitted that "public debt dynamics remained a key challenge" during the last fiscal year, as ...

US debt increasingly functions less like a conventional balance sheet liability and more like financial infrastructure. It is now more intermediated by systems rather than states.

Prior to the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill, Trump’s “growth” math stood a chance of closing the gap. Now it’s much ...

Net government debt is defined as total government deposits, including those of the general budget and independent government ...

Israel's debt-to-GDP ratio increased to 68.6% in 2025 from 67.7% in 2024. This rise is primarily due to heightened security ...