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Is public debt rising? How does it affect us? | Mint Primer

A public debt-to-GDP ratio is a ratio of what a country owes to what it produces, a measure of the financial leverage of an economy. The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in a wider fiscal deficit and higher public debt-to-GDP ratio. Watch this video to know, how does this affect us?

2 Sep 2022
Opinion

Opinion | China keeping financing terms secret is unacceptable

Secrecy has a place in government, but not in international public-sector finance

4 min read16 Jan 2019
Market

5 mutual funds in race to manage government debt ETF

The first round of selection for managing the debt ETF would be made based on the strength of the AMCs in managing debt mutual funds and the second round would take into account their financial bids

2 min read3 Jan 2019
Industry

Why a central bank’s autonomy matters

The authors conclude that lack of monetary independence increases vulnerability to a rollover crisis and argue that this is what happened in Spain a few years ago

1 min read13 Dec 2018
News

US budget deficit jumps to $100 billion at start of fiscal year

Waning support for US government debt from the US Federal Reserve, combined with President Donald Trump's deficit-boosting tax cuts, are weighing on the debt load that he inherited from Barack Obama

1 min read14 Nov 2018
Market

Worst rout in 7 years may end for Indian bonds on RBI binge

The Reserve Bank of India bought ₹86,000 crore ($11.8 billion) of bonds between May and October

2 min read5 Nov 2018
Politics

Karnataka cracks the whip on moneylenders

The Karnataka cabinet passed the Debt Relief bill 2018 to ease the financial burden on weaker sections of society who have borrowed from non-institutional sources

2 min read30 Aug 2018
Opinion

The risk of sovereign-bank feedback loop

Even though India's combined government debt is far from toxic levels, the revision of the central government fiscal deficit target is a cause for concern

4 min read22 Mar 2018
Politics

High government debt burden constrains India’s rating: Fitch

Fitch says public finances '[constrain India's sovereign ratings, given a high general govt debt burden of around 68% of GDP and a wide fiscal balance of 6.5% of GDP if states are included

1 min read2 Feb 2018
Market

Bond traders on the brink as India’s CPI seen at 14-month high

India's battered sovereign-bond market is grappling with two new challenges this week: The likelihood of data showing a further pickup in inflation, and a potential decline in liquidity

1 min read12 Dec 2017
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