NEW YORK, Nov 24 - Global sovereign debt is expected to hit $49.5 trillion by year end, a 45 percent climb since 2007 as the credit crisis takes a toll, Moody's Investors Service said on...
JAKARTA, Nov 19 - Indonesia's central bank is studying a possible limit on foreign ownership of one-month central bank debt (SBI), the shortest SBI tenor,...
* Obama warns of double-dip recession, loss of confidence * Delicate balance to expand economy and reduce debt * Obama eyes export growth to fuel job creation * Tax provisions could encourage businesses to hire...
BEIJING, Nov 18 - President Barack Obama gave his sternest warning yet about the need to contain rising U.S. deficits, saying on Wednesday that if government debt were to pile up too much, it could...
JAKARTA, Nov 18 - Indonesia's government has no plan to limit foreign ownership of government debt, a senior official at the finance ministry said on Wednesday. The comments came after a deputy central bank governor...
JAKARTA, Nov 18 - Indonesia's government has no plans to limit foreign ownership of government debt paper, finance ministry director Bhimantara Widyajala said on Wednesday. "We have no plan (to do that). In the past...
* PSALM to raise up to $600 mln from new 2024 bond issue * Says to launch swap of Napocor bonds into PSALM notes * Debt exchange up to $600 mln, on top of new...
* White House might use TARP to ease debt burden * Weighs budget cuts to control deficit (Adds more Orszag comments, background) WASHINGTON, Nov 12 - The Obama administration is weighing how a $700 billion...
WASHINGTON, Nov 12 - The Obama administration is weighing how a $700 billion financial rescue fund could be used to ease the U.S. debt burden, the White House budget director said on Thursday, as data...
* Fitch threatens ratings review over bond issuance * Investors fret over Japan's bulging public debt * Finance minister acknowledges concerns over budget * Voters getting more worried about fiscal discipline * Strategist: Markets need...