Entries for 'Debt Policy'
April 7, 2020
Global debt across all sectors rose by over $10 trillion in 2019, topping $255 trillion. At over 322% of GDP, global debt is now 40 percentage points ($87 trillion) higher than at the onset of the 2008 financial crisis—a sobering realization as governments worldwide gear up to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
February 19, 2020
Driven mainly by government borrowing, the debt to GDP ratio in frontier markets hit a fresh all-time high of 114% in Q3 2019, with total debt nearing $3.2 trillion, up by nearly $75 billion in the first three quarters of 2019.
October 22, 2019
The 2019 Report on the Implementation of the Principles takes stock of the quarterly discussions of the Principles Consultative Group (PCG), which includes senior officials from emerging and mature market economies as well as senior bankers, investors and sovereign debt experts.
October 19, 2018
The Principles for Stable Capital Flows and Fair Debt Restructuring incorporate voluntary, market-based, flexible guidelines for the behavior of sover
October 7, 2017
Private capital inflows to the 30 major emerging markets monitored by the IIF are estimated to rise moderately from $763 billion in 2016 to $1.1 trill...
October 13, 2016
The Group of Trustees of the Principles for Stable Capital Flows and Fair Debt Restructuring held its 2016 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. to revie
August 7, 2016
This paper describes the 20 criteria that have been used to assess IR practices in annual reports, as well as the 3 key categories of data disseminati...
February 18, 2016
Washington, D.C., February 18, 2016 - The Institute of International Finance today released a statement in their capacity as the Co-Chairs of the Grou
November 30, 2015
The Institute of International Finance in its capacity as Secretariat of the Group of Trustees-- the governing and monitoring body of the Principles f
October 10, 2015
The Group of Trustees of the Principles for Stable Capital Flows and Fair Debt Restructuring held its 2015 Annual Meeting in Lima, Peru, to review the
October 7, 2014
The global economic and ?nancial environment over the past year has continued to be supportive of net private capital in?ows to emerging markets and o...
October 7, 2013
The uneven growth trends between mature and emerging market economies in recent years and the unprecedented quantitative easing and other unconvention...
October 14, 2012
This Addendum presents the recommendations of the Joint Public-Private Committee on Strengthening the Framework for Sovereign Debt Crisis Prevention a...
October 7, 2012
The global economy has slowed over the past year, with the sovereign debt and banking crisis in several Euro Area countries continuing to be a signif...
October 7, 2011
Global economic developments over the past year have been dominated by four inter-related factors: (1) the ...
October 7, 2010
Over the past year, there has been a much better economic performance by emerging markets relative to ...
October 7, 2009
The past year has been the most dif? cult period for emerging market (EM) borrowers since the establishment of the Principles in 2004. Cross-border ? ...
October 7, 2008
Th year-long market turbulence, triggered by the US subprime mortgage crisis has erupted into a full-blown crisis prompting extraordinary actions by t...
April 7, 2008
The market turbulence witnessed since August 2007 has highlighted the importance of having good communication between market participants and authori...
October 7, 2007
Over the past year, the global environment has changed at a rapid speed as both new trends and new strains have emerged. The Principles have proven t...