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New bonds support Greek exit from bailout in 2018

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GREECE

Greece’s return to bond markets.

Debt distress to far outgrow global mitigation efforts

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INTERNATIONAL

The debt problem is more serious, and the tools available to deal with it less developed, than often assumed. To develop plans to deal with debt problems, the international…

Global sustainable bond market set for a 2023 comeback

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INTERNATIONAL

The sale of green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bonds registered a double-digit decline in 2022 after several years of impressive growth. Brazil’s…

A full public debt restructuring overhaul is unlikely

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INTERNATIONAL

The stock of EM debt has multiplied since 2000, accompanied by legal difficulties for borrowers falling into distress. Some economists are calling for a complete overhaul of the…

Cancelling ECB-held sovereign debt would harm not help

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INTERNATIONAL

The debate is timely, as in the next two months the European Commission will review the fiscal programmes of member states amid calls for further stimulus to boost economic…

Municipal debt will hinder financial reform in China

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CHINA

China's local government debt bailout.

Central European local investors will hold on to bonds

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CENTRAL EUROPE

The lira’s collapse is fuelling outflows from Turkey’s local currency government debt market, as foreign investors reduce their purchases of emerging market (EM) domestic debt…

Rising African debt to backfire on unwise issuers

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AFRICA

This typifies a growing debt problem facing Sub-Saharan African (SSA) states borrowing in dollars: as local currencies depreciate on softening commodity prices, repayment costs…

RUFO expiration will not end Argentina debt lawsuits

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ARGENTINA/INT

Debt markets have failed to pressure Argentina to end the impasse with holdouts, with the government arguing that it could not offer them new terms without offering similar…

IMF inclined to shun third Greek bailout

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GREECE/INT

EU institutions have offered modest debt restructuring but are demanding higher levels of repayments for a decade, financed by tax hikes and spending cuts that would be legislated…