The Debt Time Bomb

January 23, 2019
13:30–14:00 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

With close to $250 trillion owed to lenders, the world has never been more in debt. How will non-US borrowers and emerging markets defuse their ticking time bombs? Get ahead of one of the issues shaping the global economy in 2019. The Issue Briefing room is located in the nearby Media Village. Electric carts run continuously from the Promenade entrance to the Media Village, or participants...
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