If sovereign debt is increased every year and is never liquidated because it is continually «rolled over,» how much is that debt truly worth and how long will perpetually increasing debt persist before a violent reset occurs?
Not exact matches
If all goes well in the European Union, sensible monetary and fiscal policies should eventually reduce global anxieties related to the stability of
sovereign debt among certain EU nations.
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If they can not address [the financial crisis] in a credible way I believe within perhaps 2 to 3 weeks we will have a meltdown in
sovereign debt which will produce a meltdown across the European banking system.
Japan has already lost its AAA status, and Fitch Ratings recently warned it might downgrade the country's
sovereign debt if it issued more than the planned ¥ 44 trillion in bonds next year.
He'd best prepare for a frightful year: Germany will likely continue its gradualist approach to combating the
sovereign debt crisis — even
if it means taking the rest of the continent to the brink and beyond.
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.
In an interview with IMF advisor Robert Shapiro, the bailout expert has pretty much said what, once again, is on everyone's mind: «
If they can not address [the financial crisis] in a credible way I believe within perhaps 2 to 3 weeks we will have a meltdown in
sovereign debt which will produce a meltdown across the European banking system.
According to Griesa (uniquely), this means that
if any creditor or vulture fund refuses to participate in a
debt writedown, no such agreement can be reached and the
sovereign government can not pay any bondholders anywhere in the world, regardless of what foreign jurisdiction the bonds were issued under.
If there is a bubble, it is probably in the price of
sovereign debt globally.»
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.
If China decides to retaliate by unloading significant quantities of U.S.
sovereign debt, it could cause a significant spike in rates at a time when the United States is running a high deficit and rates are already inching up.
But even
if the ECB does bend to the will of the bond markets this year, and begins to buy
sovereign debt directly, the single currency is left with all of the same weaknesses that existed prior to the crisis: the inability to tailor interest rate policy for each individual economy, the lack of foreign currency adjustment needed to offset differences in competitiveness, and growth - limiting trade dynamics throughout the area.
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.
We remain concerned that
if the U.S. continues the trend of a rising
debt / GDP ratio, it increases the chances of a
sovereign -
debt credit downgrade by the credit ratings agencies.
First, our quickly escalating
debt / GDP ratio puts the U.S.
sovereign credit rating at risk for a future downgrade by some rating agencies,
if left unchecked.
The rising U.S. federal
debt burden now ranks the U.S. among the most leveraged developed - market countries, and puts the U.S. at increased risk of a
sovereign -
debt credit rating downgrade
if the current trend continues.
If this campaign is not to become the most depressing in modern times the central issues, apart from
sovereign debt, should be these: urgent reform of the City; the need to build a more balanced economy; youth unemployment; poverty in an era of spending cuts and pay freezes; electoral reform and a new constitutional settlement; the European Union and Britain's place within it; withdrawal from Afghanistan and a multilateral foreign policy.
A
sovereign debt default is never a pleasant experience, least of all
if it is a country the size of United States.
If you recall, last summer, we appeared to face a pretty bleak outlook both sides of the Atlantic: The fiscal cliff in the US & the
sovereign debt crisis in Europe.
If you hold
sovereign debts, look at the ability of the government to tax and pay over the long haul.
If America ends up in a
sovereign debt default while trying to reflate, there are unexpected benefits.
Five years ago, several European countries (e.g., Portugal, Italy, Greece, etc.) appeared as
if they might default on their
sovereign debt obligations.
If the rest of the world ever came to believe what you think is your sophisticated analysis of
sovereign debt, the global economy would come to a screeching halt.
It finds that holding SOEs liable for the award
debts of a state can only be supported
if an absolutist conception of
sovereign personality continues to be adopted and the importance of the notion of consent as a foundational basis for arbitration continues to diminish.