Comparing government debts (debt securities): Canada had the highest % increase, while Italy & the USA have higher Debt-to-GDP ratios.
Notes:
1. 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 🇮🇹 have similar GDPs
2. We only considered securities like bonds, excluding other liabilities (e.g. pensions)
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Gov. of Canada Total Debt:
2023: $1,278B
2018: $696B
2013: $671B
Debt surged by 84% in the past 5 years!
Gov. bond renewal schedule:
20% in < 1 year
54% in < 3 years
Bad news for taxpayers:
Gov. likely to face much higher interest payments on its debt soon!
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Italy couldn't go any higher without an implosion 😂🤣 whereas, sadly for us, CAN and US had plenty of room to grow it to the point of totally absurd