Fascinating Interactive Chart Illustrates Where its Safe

Posted by Wall Street Journal

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Raising interest rates is a blunt but effective weapon against financial bubbles. Central banks now are experimenting with more targeted “macroprudential” tools. Watch how debt-to-GDP ratios have moved in countries trying such tools by clicking the buttons.

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