Naotaka Sugawara

Debt-to-GDP

Government debt has declined but don’t celebrate yet

M. Ayhan Kose, Franziska Ohnsorge, Kersten Stamm, and Naotaka Sugawara

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

A woman holding her mobile phone walks past a sales advertisement poster in front of a shoe store in Tokyo February 15, 2015. Japan's economy rebounded from recession to grow an annualized 2.2 percent in the final quarter of last year, giving a much-needed boost to premier Shinzo Abe's efforts to shake off decades of stagnation even as the global outlook deteriorates. Picture taken February 15, 2015. REUTERS/Yuya Shino (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS)

Does government debt increase after global recessions?

M. Ayhan Kose, Peter Nagle, Franziska Ohnsorge, and Naotaka Sugawara

Friday, December 17, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Euro, Hong Kong dollar, U.S. dollar, Japanese yen, pound and Chinese 100 yuan banknotes are seen in this picture illustration, January 21, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee/Illustration//File Photo

Debt tsunami of the pandemic

M. Ayhan Kose, Peter Nagle, Franziska Ohnsorge, and Naotaka Sugawara

Friday, December 17, 2021

U.S. currency peeking out from behind two surgical masks

Navigating the debt legacy of the pandemic

M. Ayhan Kose, Franziska Ohnsorge, and Naotaka Sugawara

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Stack of $100 bills

Debt: The dose makes the poison

M. Ayhan Kose, Franziska Ohnsorge, and Naotaka Sugawara

Friday, February 28, 2020