Thu Apr 21, 2011 13:07 GMT |
(*Give or take a couple of centuries) While surveying the globe for key risks, I couldn’t help but notice that some of the world’s oldest countries are facing critical tests over the next decade that could redefine them for a long time to come. If handled successfully, the crises could give them a new lease… [Read more]
Tags: ancient nations, Bonds, Debt, Default, deficit, fiscal crisis, Greece, Iran, Japan
Posted in: Asia, Eurozone, General, Geopolitics, Middle East, Political Risk
Tue Feb 2, 2010 16:55 GMT |
We have previously highlighted on Risk Watchdog how the aftermath of the global financial crisis has exposed the structural imbalances in many developed economies, while also singling out those emerging markets which are in a fundamentally sound position to exploit the global economic recovery. Poland and Greece are certainly two prime examples at opposite ends… [Read more]
Tags: CDS, Default, ECB, Eurozone, fiscal, fiscal crisis, fiscal policy, Greece, Poland, sovereign debt, sovereign default
Posted in: Emerging Europe, Eurozone, Financials