Today’s Chart of the Week looks at Greece’s debt and which countries and entities are on the hook if a default takes place. Read more
Puerto Rico is the latest jurisdiction to toss in the towel, with the Governor warning that the island is close to falling into a debt “death spiral”. Read more
In terms of actual capacity to pay debt, the United States has the 2nd highest amount in the world. We compare debt to revenue in this data visualization. Read more
What if the world was remapped based on national debt levels? What would the largest country be? See the world map of debt. Read more
The euro has fallen precipitously since the beginning of the Financial Crisis in terms of USD. Crises plague the eurozone – will it be able to recover? Read more
This chart shows the history of the U.S. debt ceiling from 1970 until today, including the current proposal to increase it to $19.6 trillion. Read more
After 25 years of economic stagnation, Japan has finally been leapfrogged by all four so-called Asian Tigers: Hong Kong, Singapore, S. Korea, and Taiwan. Read more
Millennials are the most confident generation about their financial future. At the same time, they seem to have conflicting views on investing, debt, and banking. Read more
The global economic climate finally has composure, according to asset management firm Schroders. It may be the calm before the storm, though. Read more
No one knows the size of China’s debt bomb. Here we look at estimates of the payload as well as what could potentially ignite the fuse. Read more