Sentences with phrase «as sovereign debt»

Since the summer, Japan has been suffering from a bond tantrum as its sovereign debt has had its worst rout in a decade.

First, as sovereign debt levels and contingencies rise, we deny that they are rising.

But if there is any panic selling due to some event, such as a sovereign debt default in the eurozone, that could be a time to jump in.

As sovereign debt problems in Europe and stagnant economic growth in America continue to dog the world economy, investors naturally turn to safer havens like precious metals for security.

Not exact matches

However, recently, the economic recovery seen in Portugal since the sovereign debt crisis has indeed begun affecting the way agencies such as Moody's and Standard & Poor's see the economy, indicating that in the near future more investors could be considering buying Portuguese bonds.

Concerns over the future of the EU have increased as several key elections approach and issues surrounding sovereign debt remain.

South Africa also suffered a sovereign debt rating downgrade from Moody's last month as the economy comes under pressure from energy shortages, unrest at platinum mines and a soaring budget deficit.

Sovereign debt crises tend to be messy and drawn - out — as Greece has shown — because the world lacks a global bankruptcy process to restructure debts that governments can't pay.

But while all that red ink set up the necessary conditions, it took the threat of a sovereign debt crisis and the rise of small - c conservatism to generate what John Monks, general secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation, has described as a «stampede towards austerity.»

Then again, as anyone who is closely following the world's sovereign debt crisis can tell you, the austerity trend Obama is apparently trying to buck doesn't really exist.

The latest cause for worry, as we write, is the warning by Standard & Poors that Italy's sovereign debt rating of A + is at risk (a one - in - three chance) of being downgraded in the next 2 years, due to doubts about the success of the government's debt - reduction program.

As the next chart shows, QE has bloated central banks» balance sheets so much that they now hold the equivalent of 33 percent of all sovereign debt worldwide, up from roughly 15 percent pre-crisis.

Bonds of Europe's most - indebted nations slumped as speculation resurfaced that the euro region remains vulnerable to shocks as it emerges from the sovereign debt crisis.

I still think there will be a flight to safety in sovereign bonds when stocks have a bear market but other areas such as high yield and corporate debt could run into some problems.

That They Will Eventually Release Most Of Their QE'ed Sovereign Debt From Their Balance Sheets [as global inflation emerges] Into The Market... Mostly Via Non-Reinvestment At Maturity.

Furthermore... It Is Their Only Legitimate Medium Term Option... As Global Sovereign Debt Stacks Have Already Grown Above The Levels That Can Be Sustained By Even The Most Optimistic Economic Growth Forecasts.

This company made large profits in sovereign debts in Europe, investing in countries such as Greece, Spain, and Portugal.

Global monetary policy remains broadly accommodative — and in some areas more and more so — propelling equity markets ever higher and leaving a record amount of sovereign debt around the world (almost US$ 12 trillion by midyear) yielding at or below zero (source: Fitch Ratings, as of 6/29/2016).

In sovereign debt and, to an even greater degree, corporate bond markets, liquidity hinges in large part on whether specialised dealers («market - makers») respond to temporary imbalances in supply and demand by stepping in as buyers (or sellers) against trades sought by other market participants.

He cites as one example Loeb's 2012 bet that Greek sovereign debt would rise in value as a result of a bailout from the European Union.

Koester says more companies are starting to understand how currency movements affect their business, probably as a result of the sovereign debt crisis in Europe and recent volatility in the FX markets.

After years of buying eurozone countries» sovereign debt, the ECB announced in March that it would begin buying select corporate bonds as well.

If the government wants to restore trust in its banks and sovereign debt, the solution has to be both industrial in scale and unimaginably bigger than the market expects — as Tarp was in the US.

As with the Bear Stearns hedge funds, the Greek episode may well foreshadow a deflation of the bubble in sovereign debt.

The financing needs coming due in the first quarter «imply that euro area banks will not have extra money as a result of the three - year auction to purchase European sovereign bonds, using a carry - trade strategy, because the amount of fresh cash is less than the amount of bank debt that will mature during the quarter», Powell wrote recently.

And for much of the year the world has seen a new phenomenon: negative yields on as much as $ 13 trillion in outstanding debt (primarily sovereign).

European sovereign debt markets were in turmoil as investors priced into the markets their fear that the Euro currency experiment could end in failure.

As for Europe, there has not been a lack of fresh crises to propel the continent's sovereign debt crisis forward.

While both the Oakmark International and International Small Cap Funds had acceptable investment performance in the fourth quarter of 2011, the full year was not good for global equities or for our two Funds, as natural disasters (first in Japan, later in Thailand) and Europe's sovereign debt crisis took their toll.

After sending a copy of your analysis of the S & P downgrade of the sovereign debt of the U.S. to 5 key contacts, I'm going to urge them to read your work on Clorox, as well.

Speaking of which, we have seen time and time again we can not trust banks: The 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, the 2001 Dotcom Bubble and most recently, as mentioned above, the 2008 Subprime Mortgage Crisis which directly led to the 2010 European Sovereign Debt Crisis.

For example if there were to be a crisis, such as the recent sovereign debt issues in Europe, money would flow into gold in search of a safe haven, but also into dollars to escape the European issues.

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Sovereign Debt is the amount of money that a country's government has borrowed, typically issued as bonds denominated in a reserve currency.

As the financial markets awaited the EU LEADERS» statement, the rumor of China agreeing to buy European SOVEREIGN DEBT and EFSF paper provided a boost to a falling EURO and a BID TO the U.S. EQUITY MARKETS.

Bonds rallying hard along with equities as the flight to safety pushes sovereign debt «more» negative.

Thus, simply based on size... the gold market can provide significant depth and liquidity for large reserve portfolios, as it is only surpassed in size by two sovereign debt markets (US and Japan).»

The Spanish financial sector will benefit from a rating upgrade of the sovereign debt which could lead to a credit upgrade of the banks as well.

Now that over $ 5 trillion of sovereign debt (with credit risk rising, not falling) trades with a negative yield, we can fairly overlook bonds as an investible asset class.

In terms of what QE could include, as well as purchases of member states» sovereign and corporate debt, other options might include supranational institutions such as the European Investment Bank.

The equity market recouped some of yesterday's loss as the entire trading day was position squaring ahead of the German Constitutional Court rendering its decision on the constitutionality of the ESM and the role of ECB moves to buy the primary issuance of European sovereign debt.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York may ask foreign lenders for more detailed daily reports on liquidity as the U.S. steps up monitoring of risks from Europe's sovereign debt crisis, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

Sovereigns continue to lead debt issuance in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, with further major issuances planned for this year, as countries look to plug deficits.

Mr. Roseman then gave a PowerPoint presentation for board members, explaining the sovereign debt trade as Mr. Corzine sat a few feet away.

The cost of debt to Asian borrowers, as measured by sovereign bond yields, has not risen much at all.

Not only are its people more polarized than ever over Puerto Rico's status question — whether to become a sovereign nation, become a state of the U.S. or stay as it is; it is the most impoverished North American territory, with an external debt of over $ 7 billion, an unemployment rate of more than 20 per cent, 65 per cent of its people on federal food stamps and 38 per cent who have an income below the poverty line.

This perspective unmistakably reveals the unwholesomeness, not to put it more strongly, of our way of life: our obsession with sex, violence, and the pornography of «making it;» our addictive dependence on drugs, «entertainment,» and the evening news; our impatience with anything that limits our sovereign freedom of choice, especially with the constraints of marital and familial ties; our preference for «nonbinding commitments;» our third - rate educational system; our third - rate morality; our refusal to draw a distinction between right and wrong, lest we «impose» their morality on us; our reluctance to judge or be judged; our indifference to the needs of future generations, as evidence by our willingness to saddle them with a huge national debt, an overgrown arsenal of destruction, and a deteriorating environment; our unsated assumption, which underlies so much of the propaganda for unlimited abortion, that only those children born for success ought to be allowed to be born at all.

«When countries that had public finances in a comparable state to ours last May are still fighting off the terrible spectre of sovereign debt default, it would be terrible folly to slow the pace of what is widely regarded as a necessary fiscal consolidation.

Clamour over the eurozone sovereign debt crisis showed no sign of abating on Friday as Italy prepares to pass new austerity measures to prevent a Greece - style bailout.

In the event of market - based concern about sovereign debt focusing on Europe Britain had to escape from its position as one of the most vulnerable countries, he argued.