Financial and Monetary Systems

Three charts that explain - and could help solve - our global debt problem

Apr 16, 2019

A woman walks at the Bund in front of the financial district of Pudong in Shanghai March 5, 2015. China aims to grow its economy by around 7 percent in 2015 and to keep consumer inflation at around 3 percent, Premier Li Keqiang said in remarks prepared for delivery at today's opening of the annual meeting of parliament, the National People's Congress. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1EB351LGC01

"The shift in demographics and new technologies have a profound impact on the distribution of incomes and wealth." Image: REUTERS/Aly Song

Vitor Gaspar

Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF

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Economist, IMF

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