In effect, Covid ended Japan’s yield-capping experiment, because it vaulted the world into a high-interest-rate equilibrium.

Japan just sent a shockwave through global bond markets. The country's 20-year government bond yield surged to 2.75%. This is ...

The new Japanese prime minister has unveiled a massive stimulus package in response to weak growth, stubborn inflation, spiralling debt and rising interest costs. Will it work?

When discussing national finances, the debt-to-GDP ratio has become the ultimate measuring stick for economic health. Some ...

Today, global public debt is approaching an astonishing $100 trillion. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), if ...

A Glasgow MP has gone viral on social media after explaining UK debt with biscuits. Glasgow South MP Gordon McKee took to X ...

The definition of public debt should reflect all government borrowing, not only the portions that fit neatly into reporting ...

The Japanese government has approved a massive stimulus package aimed at reviving the sluggish economy. Japan’s Prime ...

Welcome to The Brink. We’re Takahiko Hyuga and Erica Yokoyama in Tokyo, where companies are staring down the highest rates in decades and the new government deals with its own debt problem. We also ...

EDITORIAL: It says something about the country’s fiscal culture that the National Assembly’s economic affairs panel has had to ask for clarity on something as fundamental as the definition of public ...

Gordon McKee, the MP for Glasgow South, has won praise for his humour and originality in explaining the country's ballooning ...

According to the latest data from the International Monetary Fund, the world is in a huge amount of debt, and just a handful ...