{"id":25318,"date":"2026-10-07T10:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T08:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/07\/imf-chief-urges-governments-to-tighten-belts-as-global-debt-levels-soar\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T10:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T08:37:15","slug":"imf-chief-urges-governments-to-tighten-belts-as-global-debt-levels-soar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/07\/imf-chief-urges-governments-to-tighten-belts-as-global-debt-levels-soar\/","title":{"rendered":"IMF chief urges governments to tighten belts as global debt levels soar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kristalina Georgieva says big economies will have to make \u2018very touch choices\u2019 as soaring bond yields hit budgets<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/live\/2026\/oct\/07\/imf-chief-warns-energy-shockk-public-debt-ai-boom-threaten-global-growth-uk-house-prices-standstill-latest-live-updates\">Business live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The head of the International Monetary Fund has called on governments across big economies to tighten their belts as soaring bond yields hit budgets.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Singapore, the IMF\u2019s managing director, Kristalina Georgieva, said global debt-to-GDP ratios were at their highest level since the second world war and on course to hit 100% in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2026\/oct\/07\/imf-chief-kristalina-georgieva-urges-governments-tighten-belts-global-debt-levels-soar\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/182536b4f647e0f834b63a8ddfd9edcf6be3343a\/28_0_3867_3093\/master\/3867.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=cfba16b757710c15e09988e2175ef74f\" title=\"IMF chief urges governments to tighten belts as global debt levels soar\" \/>Kristalina Georgieva says big economies will have to make \u2018very touch choices\u2019 as soaring bond yields hit budgets<br \/>\nBusiness live \u2013 latest updates<br \/>\nThe head of the International Monetary Fund has called on governments across big economies to tighten their belts as soaring bond yields hit budgets.<br \/>\nSpeaking in Singapore, the IMF\u2019s managing director, Kristalina Georgieva, said global debt-to-GDP ratios were at their highest level since the second world war and on course to hit 100% in the coming years. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kristalina Georgieva says big economies will have to make \u2018very touch choices\u2019 as soaring bond yields hit budgets Business live \u2013 latest updates The head of the International Monetary Fund has called on governments across big economies to tighten their belts as soaring bond yields hit budgets. Speaking in Singapore, the IMF\u2019s managing director, Kristalina &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/07\/imf-chief-urges-governments-to-tighten-belts-as-global-debt-levels-soar\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">IMF chief urges governments to tighten belts as global debt levels soar<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":25319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25318"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}