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A world drowning in debt

The UK budget deficit is on course to hit £350bn, and America’s federal deficit has hit a record $3.1trn. But the debt surge is a truly global phenomenon.

by: Alex Rankine
16 Oct 2020
United States Capitol © Getty Images/iStockphoto

America’s federal annual overspend reached a record $3.1trn last year

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