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IMF warns higher borrowing costs are straining public finances…

Finance ministers and central bankers gather in Bangkok this week as US Treasury yields hit 24-year highs; the planet's credit card bill is due.

On air: Vera Bullock and Dale Bearman on Wake Up, America
Published 5:02 AM ET, Wednesday, October 14, 2026

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Photo: International Monetary Fund · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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First reported by SCMP: “IMF warns higher borrowing costs are straining public finances worldwide”.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 5:02 AM ET on Wake Up, America, by Vera Bullock and Dale Bearman.
Topics: IMF.
BBN covered this story before: IMF chief's latte warning draws a life coach who says Gen Z should… (October 13).

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SCMPIMF warns higher borrowing costs are straining public finances worldwide

What BBN said about it

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe International Monetary Fund is warning that higher borrowing costs are straining government budgets all over the world, and finance ministers are meeting in Bangkok this week to talk about it.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo the governments have a mortgage problem too.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorInterest on United States ten-year debt just hit a twenty-four-year high, and somebody always pays for that, and it's usually you, in taxes.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTwenty-four years?

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