Fortune· 2h ago· 1 min read
In 2025, the IMF reported that, across the globe, companies, households, and countries had amassed $251 trillion in debt. Looking toward the end of 2026, J.P. Morgan has warned that interest rates on such borrowings are set to spike, owing largely to dwindling populations and diminishing fiscal discipline.
In a note yesterday, JPMorgan's Joyce Chang and team unpacked the “six D's” that will shape the global economy: Deficits, deregulation, de-carbonization, de-population, de-globalization, and de-dollarization.
Of these factors, two in particular will put upward pressure on borrowing rates around the world: Deficits and de-population.
Turning first to deficits, JPM's research team wrote that “a global breakdown in fiscal discipline is occurring in all corners of the world, and fiscal dominance is eclipsing monetary policy. Global public debt has reached $100 trillion, reducing fiscal…
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