Surging government debt levels are becoming a pressure point for big economies and bond investors have their sights on those ...

The US national debt has now hit a new all-time high of $36.5 trillion, based on official government numbers. The total ...

Even before a new government, the EU expected debt at around 139% of output ... 14 years of Conservative Party rule The chart shows the GDP growth of G7 countries from Q4 2019 with Britain ...

In a blow to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s dream of tax cuts before next year’s general election, Government debt surpassed the size of the economy in May for the first time since 1961, aside from ...

Scope projects G7 general government debt will rise to 135.2% of GDP by 2029, approaching the recent 2020 peak of 139.6% (Figure 1). This increase is driven primarily by the rising debt stock of ...

Chart: The Economist Higher interest rates deployed to manage inflation will also take a toll. The government will spend $728bn to service its debt in 2024, or 16% of revenues (see chart 3).

NIIGATA, Japan, May 11 (Reuters) - A standoff in Washington over raising the U.S. debt ceiling overshadowed a meeting of Group of Seven (G7) finance ... the limit on the government's permitted ...

Thanks to lower inflation and monetary easing, a majority of G7 government bonds rallied in the third quarter ... while U.S. high-yield debt saw 13.8% returns. Canadian investment-grade bonds posted ...

France's national audit office chief said on Monday there was no room for manoeuvre on the budget and debt must be reduced. Even before a new government, the EU expected debt at around 139% of ...

LONDON (Reuters) -Surging government debt levels are becoming a pressure ... review next week could be the next test for the only G7 economy with 30-year borrowing costs above 5%.