Global Debt Leverage: Is a Great Reset Coming?

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Rising rates and slowing economies mean the worldโ€™s high leverage poses a crisis risk.

HIGHLIGHTS

Record leverage. Global debt has hit a record $300 trillion, or 349% leverage on gross domestic product. This translates to $37,500 of average debt for each person in the world versus GDP per capita of just $12,000. Government debt-to-GDP leverage grew aggressively, by 76%, to a total of 102%, from 2007 to 2022.

Higher interest rates. Debt servicing has become more difficult. Fed funds and European Central Bank rates were up an average of 3 percentage points in 2022. Assuming 35% of debt is floating rate, this means $3 trillion more in interest expenses, or $380 per capita.

Great Reset.ย There is no easy way to keep global leverage down. Trade-offs include more cautious lending, reduced overspending, restructuring low-performing enterprises and writing down less-productive debt. This will require a โ€œGreat Resetโ€ of policymaker mindset and community acceptance.

The worldโ€™s leverage is at a higher level than pre-global financial crisis (GFC) peaks. Yet demand for debt โ€” to help consumers with inflation, mitigate climate change and rebuild infrastructure, for example โ€” will continue. Rising interest rates and slowing economies are making the debt burden heavier. To mitigate the risk of a financial crisis, trade-offs between spending and saving may be needed.

More Debt Than Ever Before

Three hundred trillion dollars. That is the record debt which global governments, households, financial corporates and nonfinancial corporates owed in June 2022, as estimated by the Institute of International Finance. The $300 trillion is equivalent to 349% of global gross domestic product, 26% higher than the pre-GFC figure of 278% (June 2007, see chart 1). The $300 trillion works out toย $37,500 of debt for every personย in the world, compared to a GDP per capita of just $12,000.

Global governments, households, financial corporates and nonfinancial corporates owe a record $300 trillion as of June 2022.

By Terry Chan, CFA and Alexandra Dimitrijevic

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