Sovereign risk refers to the possibility that a government might not be able or willing to meet its financial obligations, which can make it risky for others to lend money to that government or invest in its securities. Full definition
Provide returns that exceed the inflation rate, without taking any credit risk (sovereign risk only) and maintaining a low probability of negative return in the short term. (reliancenipponlife.com)
Germany is reluctant to proceed rapidly on either since it would mean that Germany would have to absorb the financial and sovereign risk of the weaker EURO countries. (3dpolicy.ca)
Which countries were the biggest movers in the latest quarterly update of the BlackRock Sovereign Risk Index (BSRI)? (blackrock.com)