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The jury is still out on what to do about record global debt levels

Go for growth and infrastructure spending? Raise taxes? Issue bonds? As the debate rages on, global debt levels have hit an estimated US$272t

Published Fri, Dec 4, 2020 · 09:50 PM

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London

THERE is an ongoing debate about what countries should do to tackle global debt levels that have now soared to a record US$272 trillion as at the end of the third quarter, going by estimates by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and Institute of International Finance (IIF).

When the pandemic ends, should nations rely on growth and infrastructure spending to raise tax inflows that would help repay the debt?

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