Foreign debt burden at heart of Russian economic worries
Looming debt repayments by Russian companies are now central to discussions of Russia's ability to weather the financial shocks caused by low oil prices and Western sanctions, but the picture…
Dealing sustainably with debt
The issue of debt is based on three aspects - identifying the causes of built-up of debt, enhancing its productive and allocative efficiency, and then retiring debt, or debt servicing.…
Public debt burden
The State Bank of Pakistan has recently released estimates of the stock of debt of the country as of the end of 2024-25. The total debt is estimated at Rs…
Public debt without a plan
Redirecting borrowing toward productive investment, private sector credit continues to be displaced by public borrowing. Pakistan's debt portfolio remains sizable and poses significant liquidity risks, with a substantial portion of…
Growth and foreign fervour for yield give Japan fiscal wiggle room
A weekend election in Japan has made real the prospect of bigger government spending and deficits in the world’s most indebted developed nation, although for now foreign investors and a…
Debt crisis and SDGs
‘Today, 3.3 billion people live in countries that spend more on interest payments than on health, and 2.1 billion live in countries that spend more on interest payments than on…
4th International Conference on Financing for Development Debt and Climate — II
Sadly, unlike the lack of media coverage, and very little discussion of policy circles on this – both on the government, and opposition sides, and in the academic arena –…
The burden of govt debt
The government debt outstanding is the debt that is to be serviced out of the Federal Consolidated Fund plus the debt with the IMF. It stands at Rs 75,042 billion…
Evolution of public debt
Pakistan today is one of the Asian countries with a relatively high level of public debt in relation to the GDP. As of the end of 2023-24, public debt was…
Till debt do us part
In Hamlet, Shakespeare’s character Polonius offers timeless advice to his son, Laertes, "Neither a borrower nor a lender be”, warning of the perils of debt and dependency. For Pakistan, this…
