Era Dabla-Norris, Deputy Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), speaks during a media interview on the opening day of the 2026 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center (QSNCC) in Bangkok on October 12, 2026. The International Monetary Fund on October 14 called for advanced economies to "act now" to address ballooning debt, with spiking bond yields at multi-decade highs and pressure growing on central banks to hike interest rates. (Photo by Panumas Sanguanwong / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with 'IMF-ECONOMY-DEBT-G7-BONDS,INTERVIEW' by Asad HASHIM and Julien GIRAULT