The shock that coronavirus has wrought on markets across the world coincides with a dangerous financial backdrop marked by spiralling global debt. According to the Institute of International Finance, a trade group, the ratio of global debt to gross domestic product hit an all-time high of over 322 per cent in the third quarter of 2019, with total debt reaching close to $253tn. The implication, if the virus continues to spread, is that any fragilities in the financial system have the potential to trigger a new debt crisis.
新型冠狀病毒疫情給世界各地市場帶來的衝擊，有一個危險的金融背景，其特徵是全球債務呈螺旋式上升。根據行業組織——國際金融協會(IIF)的數據，2019年第三季度，全球債務與國內生產毛額(GDP)之比達到逾332%的歷史最高水準，總債務近253兆美元。這意味著，如果新冠疫情持續蔓延，金融體系的任何脆弱性都可能引發一場新的債務危機。
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