{"id":21841,"date":"2025-09-26T18:21:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T18:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/egretnews.com\/?p=21841"},"modified":"2025-09-26T18:23:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T18:23:54","slug":"global-debt-hits-record-of-nearly-338-trillion-says-iif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/egretnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/26\/global-debt-hits-record-of-nearly-338-trillion-says-iif\/","title":{"rendered":"Global debt hits record of nearly $338 trillion, says IIF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Global debt hit record high of<\/span> <strong>$337.7<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">trillion at end of Q2<\/span>. <\/em><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">China<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">France<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">US<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Germany<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">UK<\/span> and <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Japan<\/span> record largest increases in debt levels in USD terms &#8211; <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">IIF<\/span>. <\/em><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">EM debt increases by<\/span> <strong>$3.4<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">trillion <\/span><\/em><em>LONDON, <strong>Sept 25<\/strong> (Reuters) &#8211; Global debt hit a record high of <strong>$337.7<\/strong> trillion at the end of the second quarter, driven by easing global financial conditions, a softer U.S. dollar and a more accommodative stance from major central banks, a quarterly report showed on Thursday.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The Institute of International Finance, a financial services trade group, said that global debt rose over $21 trillion in the first half of the year to $337.7 trillion.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>China, France, the United States, Germany, Britain, and Japan recorded the largest increases in debt levels in U.S. dollar terms, though some of that was due to a waning dollar, the IIF found.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The U.S. currency has weakened 9.75% since the start of the year against a basket of major trading partners.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-testid=\"Heading\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><em>GLOBAL DEBT SURGE COMPARABLE TO COVID-ERA INCREASE<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>&#8220;The scale of this increase was comparable to the surge seen in H2 2020, when pandemic-related policy responses drove an unprecedented buildup in global debt,&#8221; the IIF said in its Global Debt Monitor.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Looking at debt-to-GDP ratios &#8211; an indicator of the ability to repay debt by comparing to what is being produced &#8211; Canada, China, Saudi Arabia and Poland saw the sharpest increases. The ratio declined in Ireland, Japan, and Norway, the report found.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><em>egretnewseditor@gmail.com<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global debt hit record high of $337.7 trillion at end of Q2. China, France, US, Germany, UK and Japan record largest increases in debt levels in USD terms &#8211; IIF. 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