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The ouch of owing: IMF warns of dangers of mounting global debt

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Video. The ouch of owing: IMF warns of dangers of mounting global debt

Updated: 06/10/2016 - 13:41 GMT+2

The International Monetary Fund has expressed concern that public and private debt reached 225 five percent of the world's economic output last year.

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