A new projection has emerged warning that if Germany, France, and the UK fail to escape the trap of low growth and populism, their fiscal conditions could worsen beyond those of the PIIGS (Portugal, ...

The International Monetary Fund has urged governments to bear down on profligate spending in a newly published paper.

We are running an enormous public debt of just under 100pc of GDP. What’s more, with the deficit last year running at about ...

Global public debt could increase to 100 percent of global gross domestic product by the end of the decade if current trends continue, according to projections in our latest Fiscal Monitor. The rising ...