Sentences with phrase «about sovereign debt»

«We had a strong first quarter and a softer second quarter as investors became concerned about sovereign debt issues,»...

As I argued in my earlier post about sovereign debt, this isn't quite true.

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.

«What concerns me about the sovereign debt markets is how quickly [bond risk] repricing can take place,» observes Busby.

Not exact matches

The eurozone's recovery from the sovereign debt crisis has been about improving situations in the economic bloc's peripheral economies like Italy and Portugal, and this new batch of uncertainty in Portugal's financial sector is not sitting well with investors.

Many were optimistic about the future economic prospects in Lisbon before the sovereign debt crisis, but the crisis and corresponding austerity measures have stifled its economy.

The new finance chief of Spain also told CNBC that the southern European economy has been growing at a solid pace of about 3 percent in the last four years, but this doesn't mean that the problems raised during the euro zone sovereign debt crisis are over.

A government that is sovereign in its currency, has no foreign denominated debt and a central bank that can issue its own currency does not have to worry about someone else telling them that they need to raise their interest costs.

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.

On March 22 at 9:00 AM ECRI's Lakshman Achuthan will join a panel discussion about the «Risks Beyond the Eurozone and the Threat of Contagion» during the Bloomberg Sovereign Debt Conference.

The dollar extended losses against the euro Friday, after more details about a new aid package for Greece came to light, increasing confidence in European policymakers» ability to handle the sovereign - debt crisis.

Before the European sovereign debt crisis starting in 2010, Greece's economy represented about 2 % of the eurozone's gross domestic product (GDP); after the crisis - induced recession, it accounts for even less.

In an unexpected move, Standard & Poor's cut its sovereign debt rating on Turkey further into junk territory on May 1, citing widening concern about the outlook for inflation amid a sell - off in the Turkish lira currency.

@Phil S: I was thinking about the US, UK, Australia, Denmark, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, Japan and other developed countries that have never defaulted on their sovereign debt.

At last count, Greek sovereign debt stood at about 177 % of GDP.

Two key (related) themes echo through recent articles about the Greek sovereign debt crisis.

I would amend the statement about sovereign defaults from «sensei» to cover only sovereign issuers who issue debt in their own currency.

To continue my last post about the Mexican sovereign debt structure, I will talk about the international debt issued by Mexico.