- Experience shows that investors are wary of GDP-linked bonds
- And data difficulties don’t help
How bad is the UK’s debt problem?
The UK’s debt-to-GDP ratio has breached 100 per cent, and the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) warns that it could rise even higher: according to its baseline forecasts, debt will reach 300 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) by the 2070s.