Sentences with phrase «european debt holdings»

A week later, Moody's cut its rating on MF Global to a notch above junk, pointing to the European debt holdings.

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What we don't know the state of credit default swaps held by banks against sovereign debt and against European banks, nor do we know the state of CDS held by British banks, nor are we certain of how certain the exposure of British banks is to the Ireland sovereign debt problems.»

With most of these debts being held by Chinese entities, it's unlikely we'll see a banking crisis in the same way we could have seen if Greece or Spain went belly up, said Lau — many foreign banks hold European bonds — but we've seen markets panic on far less worrisome Chinese news in the past.

In October, the European Union pledged to write off 100 billion euros ($ 127.8 billion) of Greece's debt if bondholders would agree to voluntarily accept 50 percent losses on their Greek holdings.

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Next Wednesday, European finance ministers will hold a conference call to discuss ways to deal with Greece's high debt level.

From a financial standpoint, the impact is also very limited because most, if not all, of the debt Greece owes is held by public and governmental entities: the International Monetary Fund, the European Union and the European Central Bank (ECB).

Banks» holdings of Italian sovereign debt fell to 377 billion euros in June from 397 billion euros a month earlier, according to European Central Bank data.

Professor Nick Bloom shows that the dramatic failures of banks, the European debt crisis and geopolitical concerns have left people more uncertain about what the future holds.

The U.S. credit downgrade and the European debt crisis have divided investors into three camps: in the first investors are selling their stocks, in the second they're hunting for safe money havens, and in the third they're holding their breath, hoping to wait out the storm.

These funds might hold some U.S. bonds in their portfolios, but they focus primarily on foreign government debt, such as bonds issued by European and Asian countries.

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