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Global debt hits record of nearly $338 trillion, says IIF
Yahoo Finance·2025-09-25 13:39

By Canan Sevgili LONDON (Reuters) -Global debt hit a record high of 337.7trillionattheendofthesecondquarter,drivenbyeasingglobalfinancialconditions,asofterU.S.dollarandamoreaccommodativestancefrommajorcentralbanks,aquarterlyreportshowedonThursday.TheInstituteofInternationalFinance,afinancialservicestradegroup,saidthatglobaldebtroseover337.7 trillion at the end of the second quarter, driven by easing global financial conditions, a softer U.S. dollar and a more accommodative stance from major central banks, a quarterly report showed on Thursday. The Institute of International Finance, a financial services trade group, said that global debt rose over 21 trillion in the first half of the year to $337.7 trillion. China, France, the United States, Germany, Britain, and J ...