IMF – Finance & Development, Mar 2026

This issue of Finance & Development focuses on 'The Debt Reckoning,' addressing global debt challenges.

The report covers topics such as the global debt crisis driven by extreme inequality, shifts in African debt sources, rising public debt and interest rates, fiscal discipline in advanced economies, geopolitical instability affecting policy coordination, ethical considerations of AI in finance, taxation of harmful habits, digital infrastructure in finance ministries, the value of gold in the digital asset era, and broader fiscal and growth discussions.