Institutional Investor (September Issue)
Four months ago, a sovereign-debt crisis threatened the euro. Today, there is “growing confidence that the region has pulled itself back from the brink.” Institutional Investor points out “crisis eased is far from crisis resolved.” Though the outcome has been better than expected, the euro region still lacks consensus on a mechanism to avoid a future crisis. “The debt crisis has yet to spark the life-altering transformation that the euro area needs.”
Tags: Crisis, euro, Sovereign debt
The Telegraph (July 12)
Dagong Global Credit Rating Co tossed its hat into the ratings ring, offering very different ratings than Fitch, S&P or Moody’s. Dagong is painting “a revolutionary picture of creditworthiness around the world,” exclaims the Telegraph. The Chinese rater puts Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore at AAA; China, Germany, the Netherlands and Canada at AA+; the U.S. at AA; Britain and France at AA-; and Belgium, Spain and Italy at A-. Meanwhile, another silent revolution has taken place. Emerging countries now hold $6.3 trillion or 75% of the world’s reserves.
Tags: Creditworthiness, Dagong, NRSROs, Sovereign debt
