World Bank warns of global debt crisis amid borrowing buildup

Current debt wave is largest, fastest and most broad-based since 1970s, say economists

The World Bank has highlighted the risk of a fresh global debt crisis after warning of the biggest buildup in borrowing in the past 50 years.

In its half-yearly Global Economic Prospects (GEP), the Washington-based organisation said of the four waves of debt accumulation since the 1970s, the latest was the largest, fastest and most broad-based.