Debt
IMF: Historical debt stats will help plot growth strategy
IMF says its historical public debt database will help policymakers see the relationship between debt and growth; data goes as far back as 1791
Sudan bans some imports as forex shortage looms
Bank of Sudan bans imports of luxury items, goods with local substitutes, to conserve foreign currency; currency wobbles on secession, oil fears
NY Fed: US consumers ease debt burdens
New York Federal Reserve study measures scope of consumer indebtedness and impact of credit issuance
Debt management poses greater refinancing risks: Netherlands Bank
The Netherlands Bank study says greater reliance on short-term debt requires better coordination between debt managers and central banks
Bank of Canada – Financial System Review (December 2010)
Canadian central bank says households’ debt levels pose risk
IMF: unequal income distribution raises leverage
Fund study shows high income households’ greater bargaining power induces high leverage and financial crises
IMF finds persistent debt overhang in Baltic countries
Fund study finds level debt overhang most pronounced in Estonia and Latvia
Monetary policy cannot correct over-leveraging: Bank’s Miles
Higher interest rates will not prevent build-up of debt, which amplified effects of recent crisis, says Bank of England rate-setter David Miles
Firms have cut reliance on debt financing: RBA’s Battellino
Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Ric Battellino says businesses have raised equity and looked to their profits for funding
Recovery has lost steam and risks remain high, IMF warns
IMF's latest financial stability report strikes a cautionary note about the stalled economic recovery
The big divide over deflation and debt
In the fifth of a six-part series on the Japanese economy, Robert Pringle reports from Tokyo on how the crisis has impacted Japan’s global outlook
Debt to reserve ratio key indicator of country default: World Bank research
World Bank paper identifies ratio of debt to reserves as most important indicator of sovereign default
High public debt will choke long-term growth: ECB
European Central Bank paper finds debt to GDP ratio of 70% enough to drag growth down
NY Fed reports dip in household debt
New York Federal Reserve says households now owe more than 6% less than in 2008
Buba: German household investments strengthen
Bundesbank financial accounts showed households’ financial assets gained for fourth consecutive quarter while debt declined
Greece’s fiscal situation far worse than US: Atlanta Fed
Atlanta Federal Reserve study says Greece’s fiscal debts more worrisome than the United States’s
BoE: Asset Purchase Facility Quarterly Report (2010 Q2)
Bank of England’s latest Asset Purchase Facility Quarterly Report shows fear over eurozone debt crisis led to rise in corporate debt purchases
RBA’s Stevens: Economic downturn will have long lasting implications
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens says financial crisis will have longer lasting impacts to advanced economies