Sentences with phrase «sovereign debt fears»

In the United States, Congress has largely favoured stimulus over austerity (new House Speaker John Boehner vowed to change this in his maiden speech), but a growing number of cash - strapped states and cities is stoking the same kind of sovereign debt fears that are rippling through Europe.

They argue that economies rattled by sovereign debt fears and threatened with recession can't afford to bankroll the conversion to a new, more expensive form of energy.

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What really triggered the equity sell - off was fear over the solvency of French and Italian banks holding large amounts of Greek, Irish and other poor quality sovereign debt.

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

Since mid-April, fears of a European sovereign debt crisis have sent another round of shockwaves through the global financial system.