The Debt Reckoning: Rodrigo Valdés and Era Dabla-Norris

March 2, 2026

IMF image

RODRIGO VALDES, ERA DABLA-NORRIS - The Debt Reckoning: Rodrigo Valdés and Era Dabla-Norris

In This Episode

Unprecedented debt levels are pressing governments to make tough choices. While aging populations demand more public spending, resources are stretched thin, and the days of cheap borrowing that allowed the debt burden to be kicked down the road are behind us. Rodrigo Valdés and Era Dabla-Norris head the IMF Fiscal Affairs department and write about high debt and hard choices in the March edition of Finance & Development magazine. In this podcast, they say the erosion of public trust is a factor in reconciling competing fiscal priorities. Transcript

RODRIGO VALDÉS is the director of the IMF's Fiscal Affairs Department.

ERA DABLA-NORRIS is a deputy director in the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department.

Loading component...

March 12, 2026

F&D Magazine