Higher tariffs and heightened geopolitical tensions may push government debts to new highs over the coming years, making the need for policymakers to outline robust plans for containing the surge more pressing,

Economic pressures from steep new U.S. tariffs will push global public debt above pandemic-era levels to nearly 100% of global GDP by the end of the decade as slower growth and trade strain government budgets,

VCG. The IMF projected on Wednesday that global public debt to increase by 2.8 percentage points this year - more than twice the estimates for 2024 - pushing debt level