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Sonko says the country’s problem is one of cash flow and repayment timing, not necessarily the amount of debt owed. He has warned that the process could reach a political deadlock if the government fails to take what he considers a more practical approach.
A country need not run out of money to find itself in a debt crisis. It only has to run short of US dollars to pay for its energy. At the recent International Monetary Fund-World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok, the IMF, which expects global economic growth of 3.1 per cent this year and 3.4 per cent the next, cautioned that energy-importing and lower-income economies face a harder road, even as those riding the artificial intelligence boom fare relatively well. According to the World Bank’s...
Brasil tiene un problema de deuda que ningún presidente podrá ignorar: 9,3 millones de empresas están en mora y los impagos de hogares y agricultores alcanzan niveles récord.
A conversation with Shahin Vallée.
Just about everyone is worried about what is going on in France right now: the country’s public finances are in sorry shape and there are fears that the French bond selloff, and the country’s growing debt crisis, might spillover into the rest of Europe. On top of that, the 2027 elections have investors worried: The two leading candidates, Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon, aren’t seen to be up to the task of taming France’s fiscal turmoil. Shahin Vallée was an advisor to Emmanuel Macron when
As the International Monetary Fund prepares to release its flagship World Economic Outlook in Bangkok on Tuesday, the headline message is one of stability. But behind the forecasts, a fierce debate is unfolding over Africa’s debt burden, austerity measures and the rising cost for ordinary citizens.