Institutional Investor (September 15)
2011/ 09/ 16 by jd in Global News
“The rise in government debt and consequent decline in sovereign creditworthiness…stand out as the biggest and most pernicious legacies of the financial crisis.” Political uncertainty ranks nearly as high. “European leaders careen from one crisis summit to the next” and U.S. politicians pursued a “similarly shaky direction” over the debt ceiling. “As a result, market participants are losing confidence that politicians can strike the right balance and contain debt without killing growth.”
Tags: EU, Politicians, Sovereign debt, U.S., Uncertainty