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The Oecd's Public Debt Reached $61 Trillion, a Record Record High.

Summary by contrepoints.org
The government debt of OECD countries continues to grow steadily. In 2025, the stock of sovereign debt stood at $61 trillion, compared with $55 trillion in 2024, an increase of $6 trillion in one year. The central government debt-to-GDP ratio currently stands at 83 per cent, and is expected to increase further by 2 percentage points in 2026 to 85 per cent, 39 percentage points higher than before the 2008 financial crisis. To put this in perspect…
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The government debt of OECD countries continues to grow steadily. In 2025, the stock of sovereign debt stood at $61 trillion, compared with $55 trillion in 2024, an increase of $6 trillion in one year. The central government debt-to-GDP ratio currently stands at 83 per cent, and is expected to increase further by 2 percentage points in 2026 to 85 per cent, 39 percentage points higher than before the 2008 financial crisis. To put this in perspect…

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contrepoints.org broke the news in on Thursday, March 19, 2026.
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