The OECD will release the Global Debt Report 2026: Sustaining Debt Market Resilience Under Growing Pressure, including full-year data for 2025 and insights into drivers of global borrowing, on Wednesday 4 March, starting at 13:00 CET (12:00 GMT).
OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann and OECD Director for Financial and Enterprise Affairs Carmine Di Noia will present the report, including key findings on:
- the sovereign borrowing outlook;
- recent trends in corporate bond markets;
- the changing investor base for sovereign and corporate bonds; and
- the impact of investment in Artificial Intelligence on corporate debt markets.
The presentation will be followed by a Roundtable on Global Financial Markets “The Mounting Debt Challenge” at 13:40 CET.
Journalists can register to participate in an interactive presentation of the Global Debt Report via Zoom, and are welcome to attend the Roundtable on Global Financial Markets public webcast by registering online.
For on-site media participation in the Global Debt Report 2026 press conference at the OECD and Roundtable, click here.
Media requests to receive the Global Debt Report 2026 under embargo prior to release should be sent by email to embargo@oecd.org. Journalists requesting an electronic version and accompanying data files in advance of the release time agree to respect OECD embargo conditions.
The Global Debt Report will launch during OECD Financial Markets Week – Spring 2026, taking place 2-6 March. This year’s edition will feature the launch of three other OECD reports:
- The Consumer Finance Risk Monitor 2026, on Monday 2 March, at 14:30;
- Financial Protection Against Catastrophic Risks: Floods, Fires and Other Major Risks, on Thursday 5 March, at 9:30; and
- Stronger Financial Markets and Institutions for Ukraine’s Recovery, on Thursday 5 March, at 14:00, with OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann, Minister of Finance of Ukraine Sergii Marchenko, and Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine Andriy Pyshnyi.
To watch these events online, please register here.
Additional information on the OECD’s work on financial markets is available here.
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