World News by Wild Rose

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which operates New York City’s subways, buses and commuter lines, cut a planned debt refinancing by about 40% as tax-exempt bond yields hovered near their highest levels in at least 15 years.

Creditors to Unsere Grüne Glasfaser have picked Lazard Inc to advise them in talks over the troubled fiber operator’s debt load.

Venezuela’s Economy Vice President Calixto Ortega said the publication of the country’s debt sustainability assessment was delayed by the massive twin earthquakes earlier this year but remains “a priority.”

Malaysians aged 30 and below bought some 5.4 billion ringgit (US$1.32 billion) worth of goods and services on short-term credit in the first half of this year, the country’s Finance Ministry has revealed. The ministry said it had recorded 65.9 million “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) purchases among younger consumers in the first six months of 2026 – equivalent to more than one in three, or 37.9 per cent, of total purchases nationwide. As of June 30, the outstanding BNPL financing balance among this...

With UK bond yields recently racking up fresh multi-decade highs, new Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey can seize on a crumb of comfort ahead of a tricky first budget later this month.

Uganda’s shilling is bearing the brunt of rising US yields and foreign-investor selling as offshore holders trim their exposure to local-currency bonds.

Private equity firms have room to keep piling debt onto portfolio companies to fund payouts as market volatility makes exits harder.

Creditors of the struggling Mall of Berlin are looking to sell about €550 million ($615 million) of debt they had extended to the sprawling shopping complex in the heart of the German capital, while its owners are also trying to get a refinancing over the line.

Credit Agricole SA is considering offloading credit risk linked to lending to European car dealerships grappling with cost pressures and the transition to electric vehicles.

Typically called into action when poor countries get mired in debt, the International Monetary Fund will be confronted this week with mounting signs of trouble in the wealthiest ones.

Tech is driving the economy, and investments are flowing in. But food costs are rising and debt is growing.

Kenya's second-quarter GDP release will show whether the economy held near its 5.3% first-quarter pace or lost momentum under high rates and debt. The post Kenya’s GDP Growth Faces a 5 Percent Test appeared first on The Rio Times.

French private school operator Omnes Education is looking to refinance around €700 million ($785 million) of debt, according to a person familiar with the matter, an effort that will play out against the backdrop of the most serious student unrest in the country in years.

The World Bank puts Gabon's debt above 80% of GDP in 2025, while the government's unpublished audit says 68.91%. Bondholders now wait for the IMF. The post Gabon Debt Passed 80% of GDP, World Bank Estimates appeared first on The Rio Times.

Global financial institutions are beefing up their debt capital market teams in Japan, hiring bankers and relocating staff, to capture a boom in fundraising driven by mergers, acquisitions, and artificial intelligence capital.

Braskem’s creditors shunned another restructuring proposal made by the company and its shareholders ahead of a key Oct. 9 deadline for a deal to rework some $11 billion of debt, people familiar with the matter said.

Apollo Global Management is scoping out a bigger role in financing debt-laden governments and state-backed companies as they increasingly turn to private capital to plug budget gaps.

Florida’s public schools are borrowing to pay their bills at the highest level on record as enrollment declines put pressure on their budgets.

After decades of budget deficits and steadily rising debt, markets are putting a new price on French risk.  Investors are charging much more to hold government bonds, the stock market is under pressure and the cost of insuring bank bonds against default has jumped. The euro fell to its weakest level since May 2025 on Monday, reflecting fears that upheaval will spill beyond France’s border. Ozan Tarman, Vice Chair: Global Macro at Deutsche Bank, discusses the growing debt pressures across Europe and contagion risks. (Source: Bloomberg)

After decades of budget deficits and steadily rising debt, markets are putting a new price on French risk.

US bond yields fell from their highest levels since 2002 as oil prices retreated below $100 a barrel and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent insisted the government’s debt load can be tamed.

Air Liquide SA attracted strong demand for a sale of euro-denominated bonds, with investors willing to buy the debt at lower yields than French government bonds caught up in the country’s fiscal and political turmoil.

Senegal’s issue of a controversial swap could complicate its debt restructuring, according to S&P Global Ratings.

Adrian Cheng Chi-kong, former heir apparent to Hong Kong’s New World Development (NWD), is expanding his K11 cultural retail business in mainland China, launching a venture of his own as his family’s property group grapples with heavy debt. Xiamen K11 Select, developed by Cheng’s K11 by AC Group along with state-owned Xiamen Rail Transit Group in the city in the southeastern province of Fujian, has attracted more than 2 million visits since its opening on September 22, with sales rising 32 per...

As Paramount Skydance Corp. and Oracle Corp. vault into the ranks of corporate America’s biggest borrowers, their links to the same man — billionaire Larry Ellison — are starting to stir angst on Wall Street.

Annie Seelaus, CEO of R. Seelaus, and John Lloyd, global head of multi-sector and corporate credit at Janus Henderson, join Emily Graffeo on "Bloomberg Real Yield." This week Paramount Skydance  issued $52 billion of debt to fund the biggest Hollywood buyout ever. (Source: Bloomberg)

France presented its ​2027 budget bill on Thursday, seeking to enact unpopular belt-tightening measures that can lower its deficit and appease increasingly twitchy bond investors ahead of next year's presidential election. The legislation faces a tough ride in a deeply divided parliament, as political clans position themselves for one of the country's most consequential elections in modern times.

Once one of the country’s biggest growth drivers, China’s property market has been in a downward spiral for five years. Real estate values continue to plummet, households in financial distress are being forced to sell properties, and apartment developers that racked up enormous debt on speculative projects are on the brink of collapse.

Distressed-debt hedge funds Diameter Capital Partners, Redwood Capital and FourSixThree Capital bought about $190 million of Brightline’s municipal bonds from Nuveen this week, according to people familiar with the matter.