France, whose public finances have become unsustainable and whose politics have become dysfunctional, could pose an existential threat to the euro. According to the IMF, France’s budget deficit is ...

Says higher payments from one-time adjustment after 2028 would continue even if growth slows Extra debt service of $ 150–270 m triggered if GDP tops $ 94–107 b threshold IMF notes political risks and ...

Given Britain’s fiscal climate, Andy Burnham’s putschist adventurism is staggeringly self-indulgent - PAUL ELLIS/AFP The putschist adventurism of Andy Burnham and the big-spending Left of the ...

France’s public debt has ballooned to a record level, official data showed on Thursday, piling pressure on new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu as he confronts protests ...

France's fiscal state has been branded 'worse than Greece's', and yet its borrowing costs are still lower than the UK's - why?

The principles behind investing in bonds are simple: if two borrowers are issuing paper with the same maturity and one is riskier than another for whatever reason, then you demand a higher yield to ...

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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development lifted its 2025 growth forecast for the first time in more than a year but warned that the effects of tariffs and war will weigh on growth in 2026.

France, which has been grappling with a political and fiscal crisis, is on the brink of having its credit ratings downgraded by international credit rating agencies one after another. Fitch Ratings ...

Barbados is not the only country managing a larger debt porfolio. A group of International Monetary Fund (IMF) experts says that while global debt has ...

Let's be clear, staggering borrowing figures despite substantial tax rises are a direct result of excess spending ...