Sovereign debt

Economic Indicators

G20 suspends poor nations’ debt payments for 6 more months

Some groups are calling for private lenders, investment funds to make similar concessions

By Martin Crutsinger and Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press |October 14, 2020

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Economic Indicators

Markets taking Canada’s downgrade in stride

Reports from the big banks put Fitch's AA+ rating in context

By James Langton |June 25, 2020

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Economic Indicators

Coronavirus likely to spark sovereign downgrades, Fitch says

The ratings agency is expecting the strongest downward bias since the global financial crisis

By James Langton |March 17, 2020

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Market Insights

Good and bad in emerging market debt

Mexico is a bright spot, while there's still reason for caution in Argentina and Turkey

By Suzanne Yar Khan |June 19, 2019

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Total negative-yielding debt falls to US$10.9T

The global total of negative-yielding sovereign debt declined to US$10.4 trillion as of November 1, down from US$10.9 trillion on September 12, according to Fitch Ratings. The rise in eurozone bond yields and modest dollar appreciation since September have sent the total stock of negative-yielding bonds to their lowest level since the end of May. […]

By Staff |November 3, 2016

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Entitlement reform key to recovery: TD economist

How advanced economies deal with government debt will shape the economic and investment landscape for the next 10 years, Craig Alexander, senior vice president and chief economist, TD Bank Group, said at a Strategy Institute Summit in Toronto.

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No value play in European bonds

The European bond market is bracing for a rough week during which Belgium, Italy, Spain and France will be auctioning their debts. The timing couldn't of worse. Just last week, in it's worse-ever auction Germany failed to find buyers for about 40% of its €6 billion offering of 10-year bunds.

By Vikram Barhat |November 28, 2011

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Sovereign debt

G20 suspends poor nations’ debt payments for 6 more months

Markets taking Canada’s downgrade in stride

Coronavirus likely to spark sovereign downgrades, Fitch says

Good and bad in emerging market debt

Total negative-yielding debt falls to US$10.9T

IMF says private bondholders should pitch in during debt crises

France’s €14-billion tax miscalculation

Entitlement reform key to recovery: TD economist

Long-term investing is dead: Gundlach

No value play in European bonds