{
  "id": 14318821,
  "title": "State finances are sick, and the situation is getting worse",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/state-finances-are-sick-and-the-situation-is-getting-worse",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-13T23:00:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MacroBusiness",
    "slug": "macrobusiness",
    "url": "https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2026/10/state-finances-are-sick-and-the-situation-is-getting-worse/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Australia’s eastern states are facing a massive rise in their debt burdens, as the following chart from Alex Joiner at IFM Investors illustrates: As a result, ratings agency Moody’s in July forecast that interest payments on state debt would climb by 2030, owing to rising debt loads alongside higher global bond yields: However, the outlook The post State finances are sick, and the situation is…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}