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Balancing Act: Managing the Public Purse 03/01/2018 10:00 AM EST With the global economy humming along, there would seem little reason to worry about tomorrow. But in many countries, the future has been mortgaged by high public and private debt, which risks choking off growth. In the March 2018 issue of F&D we ask, “How much is too much debt?” Money Sent Home by Migrants Buffers Income Shocks 02/28/2018 07:49 AM EST By Kimberly Beaton, Luis Catão and Zsoka Koczan February 28, 2018 Western Union, Singapore: In 2015, migrants sent home $441 billion – almost three times the total value of official development assistance (photo: iStock by […] Chart of the Week: China’s Thrift, and What to Do About It 02/26/2018 08:00 AM EST February 26, 2018 By IMFBlog What makes China’s citizens so thrifty, and why does that matter for China and the rest of the world? The country’s saving rate, at 46 percent of GDP, is among the world’s highest.