Record Debt Levels as World Debt Hits $152 Trillion, says IMF
(Worthy News) – The world is $152 trillion in the red — a record-breaking level of debt, according to the International Monetary Fund.
The figure, more than two times the size of the global economy, comes from the fund’s latest Fiscal Monitor and is, officials claim, the most accurate measure of the world’s debt burden ever calculated. [ Source ]
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