Coronavirus: Can countries pay back pandemic debt?

Name: Coronavirus: Can countries pay back pandemic debt?
Uploaded: 2021-06-10T23:10:11.000Z
Duration: 3 min
Description: Countries around the world have borrowed staggering amounts to deal with the pandemic. But where does a government borrow that money from - and can it ever be paid back?

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As G7 leaders meet to discuss global economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, business reporter Lora Jones takes a look at who governments have borrowed staggering amounts of cash from and how - if ever - they plan to repay that debt.

Motion Graphics by Jacqueline Galvin

Produced by Soraya Auer

Reality Check

11 June 2021