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

India's Union Budget 2026 is shifting its focus from a fixed fiscal deficit to reducing the debt-to-GDP ratio, currently at 56%.

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

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

The upcoming Union Budget 2026 is likely to focus on reducing India’s debt-to-GDP ratio instead of a fixed fiscal deficit target aiming to bring debt down ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

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