Faced with heavy debt burdens, governments across the world are finding creative ways to borrow money.
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Bloomberg Markets
Friday 25 September 2026, 04:00 UTC
By Alice Atkins, Sujata Rao and Andra Timu
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Faced with heavy debt burdens, governments across the world are finding creative ways to borrow money.
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