“I’ve got to make sure what we’re doing and what’s going on is in the interest of our customers, of our people, and the different communities we serve. So if we see things that is particularly prob...
“But at the moment, it’s a low-churn market, so not a huge amount of job creation but not a huge amount of job loss either. So we’re kind of treading water. It’s fragile, but it’s still working,” s...
“The consumer has also been resilient. We sometimes forget how strong America is because of that—the affluent consumer base that is here in comparison to other countries, and that consumer has also...
At a recent BWC Dialogues event, Richard Cooper underscores that any Venezuela debt restructuring needs to prioritize credibility and sustainability over speed. He notes that a deal struck today ha...
At a recent BWC Dialogues event, BWC Member Richard Cooper dives into the G20's new MoU template for future sovereign debt restructuring. While it provides a consequential roadmap for future sovere...
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This BWC Dialogues virtual event featured BWC Members Martin Mühleisen, Richard Cooper, and Trang Nguyen for a discussion on sovereign debt restructuring and its implications for the broader financ...
The Real Cost of Debt: Filipino Women on the frontlines against the debt and climate crisis
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Debt and Democracy in Argentina: Aylén's story #RealCostOfDebt
The global debt crisis continues to deepen in 2026, with devastating consequences for people in the Global South.
Argentina is one of the many countries across the world in a deep debt crisis. The...
At Devex Impact House: The Capital Summit, Eric Pelofsky of the Rockefeller Foundation says new research shows "the degree to which this went from a two-alarm fire to a four-alarm fire."
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From D.C. Across the Americas: The Debt and Climate Crisis with Ivana Vasic Lalovic
Low- and middle-income countries are straddled with crippling public debt, hamstringing efforts to combat the climate crisis.
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The credit outlook reflects a complex landscape of opportunities and challenges, shaped by...
“All this capital has gone into private credit, expecting these great returns, and then it started hitting a wall,” says Rebecca Patterson, noting that bankruptcies in the industry were raising red...
“Bubbles occur when the level of investment in an asset becomes persistently detached from the amount of profit that asset could plausibly generate within a time frame that matches investors’ expec...
Les emprunts des États et des entreprises sur les marchés de la dette ont atteint des sommets historiques en 2025, s’établissant à 27 000 milliards USD, et devraient culminer à 29 000 milliards USD...
Borrowing by governments and companies from debt markets was at historic highs in 2025, reaching USD 27 trillion, and is set to rise to USD 29 trillion in 2026. Despite rising levels of debt and a ...
Borrowing by governments and companies hit historic highs in 2025. Can this be sustained?
¿Sabías que los canjes de deuda por naturaleza son una trampa?
Sus promotores los venden como solución a la destrucción ambiental y alivio a la deuda de países del Sur. Pero no es así. Entérate ...