World reading track
Country balance-sheet reading
Read a country through public debt, external debt, reserves, maturity structure, banking exposure, and exchange-rate regime before judging the growth story.
How to read it
- Separate domestic-currency debt from foreign-currency debt.
- Compare current-account pressure with reserve adequacy and rollover needs.
- Treat headline GDP growth as incomplete until fiscal and external constraints are visible.
Data and method anchors
International Monetary Fund
IMF WEO conventions, projection treatment, revisions, and cross-source caveats.
- PrimaryWorld Development Indicators
World Bank
Cross-country development and macro statistics compiled from national and international sources.