All S&P sovereign credit ratings in order from AAA to junk
All of the debt ratings from Albania to Zimbabwe as well as whether the revision outlook is positive, stable or negative and when the rating was first placed.
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Poll: Will Greece default?
Q: Will Greece default?
Here are the possible answers for the poll (embedded below on the site)?
No, they will take the necessary austerity measures plus receive enough support from the EU and IMF.
Yes, but they will stay in the…
Pain
I was on two TV programs talking about Goldman today. That's actually a first. Of course it's always nice to asked to speak about finance away from Credit Writedowns and I will provide you with the videos and some commentary later…
Guest Post: Some Proposals to the Greek Government
The following is a guest post by Polyvios Petropoulos, a former university professor of economics and management in the US. Petropoulos contends that, since the IMF charges a maximum rate of 3.5% in other interventions, one would expect…
Merkel may force banks to take haircut on Greek debt
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is feeling pressure to force German banks to take a haircut on Greek debt by both her own party and opposition leaders (like Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the former Vice Chancellor and now head of the opposition…
Greek bond yields at 12-year high, contagion increasing
This past weekend, German and French government officials took a hard line on aid to Greece, sending 10-year Greek bond yields to 12-year highs above 9%. According to the Wall Street Journal,the spread in yields between 10-year Greek…
Twenty-first century competitive currency devaluations
After the $1 trillion EU/ECB/IMF bailout it became clear to me that this theme of competitive currency devaluations is likely to gather steam. The Euro is now dropping. I see a weak Euro as a big political problem both within Germany and…
Greece Raises the White Flag
Earlier this week Edward mused about whether we were about to see movements in the Greek trenches as yields on 10 year bonds rose to a record 7.76 per cent at one point and closed up 26 basis points on the day. Today, as yields on 2 year…
The Greek Tragedy Continues
The future of the Eurozone is decidedly hanging in the balance at the moment. As I said earlier in the week, the problem isn’t a simple question economics anymore: everything now is all about credibility, about who does what, and when, and…
A Swift Proposal for Greece: Guaranteed Samurai?
The same day that Moody’s cut Greece’s sovereign rating to A3 from A2, Fitch warned that Japan’s credit rating was threatened by its mounting debt. Yet, ironically, the latter may be a source of funds for the former. Although…