The Ballooning Cost of U.S.U.S. Debt: A Financial Ticking Time Bomb
The cost of servicing America’s debt has soared to its highest level since the 1990s, raising the spectre of budget concerns limiting the next Washington...
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FED cut: a Headache for Emerging Markets
As Jerome Powell confidently takes a deep breath and slashes US interest rates in a bold bid to keep the American economy afloat, emerging markets...
Fitch lowers China’s outlook to negative due to a rise in debt
Fitch has revised China’s outlook from stable to negative, stating that the government risks accumulating debt as it seeks to steer the economy away from...
Towards a global debt crisis?
Governments are increasingly meeting their fundraising needs by issuing debt, not only through regular auctions but also, increasingly, through syndicated sales involving paying fees to...
A $2 Trillion Debt Case for Higher Rates for Longer
The bond market has spectacularly turned upward in the developed world, pushing yields down and perhaps too quickly forgetting about the soaring budget deficits. In...
The worst bond market in 236 years
There has never been such a prolonged period of losses in the bond market as in the last three years. Indeed, it is challenging to...
The Credit Collapse in China
As the country’s real estate companies stumble, weak disclosure standards and contradictory communications are angering global bondholders and discouraging long-term investment in China. Dalian Wanda...
The miscalculations of the ECB
Eurozone central banks will report their first significant losses in a decade of money printing in the coming weeks. The results will turn negative for...
Europe needs 500 billion euros for 2023
The support measures for the energy crisis will be expensive for Europe. The problem with this is that unlike the past eight years, when the...