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IMF Urges BOJ Flexibility on Tightening as Trump Dents Outlook
The Bank of Japan should be flexible and data-dependent in proceeding with any further interest-rate hikes as US tariffs ...
Global debt crisis looms as tariffs and inflation bite, IMF forecasts
Global public debt peaked in 2020 as governments borrowed heavily for COVID-19 relief. But it has been edging back up, and ...
IMF expects BOJ to delay further rate hikes due to tariff uncertainty
The Bank of Japan is likely to push back the timing of further interest rate hikes as uncertainty triggered by U.S. tariffs ...
Trump tariffs risk driving public debt to postwar high, says IMF
The IMF said in its latest Fiscal Outlook, published on Wednesday, that a 117 per cent global debt-to-GDP ratio would be the highest since the aftermath of the second world war. The ratio hit an ...