In this year’s first quarter, nations took on another $1.3 trillion in debt, pushing the worldwide total to $315 trillion, the Institute of International Finance (IIF) reported.
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THE REAL DEBT PROBLEM
Someone sent me an article from something called Patriot Alerts, “Morgan Stanley Sounds Alarm On ‘Death Of US Dollar.’”
WORLD RISKS “TEPID GROWTH,” “POPULAR DISCONTENT,” IMF WARNS
The global economy is entering a decade of “tepid growth” and “popular discontent,” Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), warned in an 11 April speech to the Atlantic Council.
WE ARE IN A DEBT, DEATH, SPIRAL. AND IT’S NO ACCIDENT.
Let’s cut to the chase. The current skyrocketing global debt crisis is worsening rapidly.
USE OF ONLINE LAYAWAY PLANS UP 17 PERCENT THIS YEAR
Online shoppers’ use of layaway or “buy now pay later” plans (BNPL) has jumped 17 percent since 1 November to a record $10.1 billion as household savings have fallen below pre-COVID levels, the Financial Times reported.
INTEREST PAYMENTS ARE EATING GOVERNMENT BUDGETS
After piling up debt to fund COVID-era stimulus programs and health care costs, the world’s national governments will pay an additional $2 trillion in interest this year, according to data compiled by the International Monetary Fund and analyzed by research firm Teal Insights.
HIGH U.S. INTEREST RATES SPARK “CRISIS” AMONG EMERGING NATIONS
Many emerging nations are being thrown into a “silent debt crisis” by high interest rates in the U.S., the World Bank has warned.
U.S. DEBT NOT SUSTAINABLE
The U.S. government’s $33-trillion debt is the result of “unsustainable” fiscal policies, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned, and is the “most worrying” among the world’s major economies, IMF research director Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas said in a 3 October press briefing.
CREDIT CARD COMPANIES PILING UP LOSSES AT FASTEST RATE IN 30 YEARS
Aside from the early days of the Great Recession, credit card issuers are seeing their losses mount at the fastest rate since the mid-1990s, CNBC reported.