eurointelligence.com - 10/14/2008
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The operation to save the European banking sector impressed financial markets, as European money...
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naked capitalism —
... Short View: Market bounce John Authers, Financial Times. No one is perfect, but Authers is awfully good in reading short-term, and sometimes longer-term trends. He called to the day the turn in the credit market, for instance. What is remarkable about this piece is the degree of his skepticism. While Wall Street Celebrates, Others Warn Of Severe Recession Ahead Boom2Bust Nationalisation pushes debt to 100 per cent of GDP The Independent We have successfully transformed credit risk into solvency risk Eurointelligence 'Smart Money' ...
Debt and Sweat
The Aleph Blog —
... . As it gets closer to 150%, the international debt markets usually start to choke. We have traded bank credit risk for national solvency risk at the margin. Maybe that will be different here, if only government creditworthiness is perceived to be safe. It is a “new era,” right? ...
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