Government debt as a share of the U.S. economy is falling. This must mean President Joe Biden's administration and Congress are practicing fiscal responsibility, right? No, it doesn't. The main driver ...

The US government’s total debt is $34 trillion. Is that dangerously high? Maybe not, if you focus on the debt-to-GDP ratio. The figure is approximately 120 percent, which means the debt is in a range ...

When does the level of debt become unsafe? To answer this question, we need a definition of “unsafe.” I propose the following: Debt becomes unsafe when there is a non-negligible risk that, under ...

Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation This paper quantifies the costs of a permanent increase in debt to GDP. We employ a deterministic, overlapping generations ...

Debt as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) could come in at 63% by yearend following the growth slowdown in the third quarter, a senior legislator said, citing projections by the Development ...

THE Philippines’ debt-to-GDP ratio, or the country’s outstanding debt relative to its gross domestic product, stood at 63.1 percent in the third quarter of 2025, following the economy’s sluggish ...

You’d think this would be an easy question. Surely we know how much the government owes. Unfortunately, it’s not that simple. The true national debt could be triple the conventional estimate, anywhere ...