IMF warns on Australia’s rapidly growing debt

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By Leith van Onselen

After downgrading Australia’s growth outlook last week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has turned its sights to Australia’s huge pile of debt and the nation’s vulnerability to “risk premium shocks”. From The Australian:

Debts have risen faster over the past decade in Australia than in most other G20 nations, leading the IMF to warn that the ­nation is testing the financial market’s tolerance for risk.

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.