GLOBAL BORROWING BINGE

£1.8trillion

the national debt of the UK Government £1.4trillion

British families’ total mortgage debt £207.1billion

owed by UK families on credit cards, car finance, overdrafts and personal loans £41.7trillion owed by banks and other finance firms around the world £1.1trillion US bond payments due by end of 2018 230pc size of China’s debt pile compared to the overall size of its economy