Feature/Economics
France public debt levels start to make credit investors twitchy
Is France losing its pluck?
Nouriel Roubini interview: Fixing the Eurozone will be 'mission impossible'
In an interview with Credit, economist Nouriel Roubini talks about the danger that sub-par US and European growth becomes entrenched, and offers his views on whether Ireland and other peripheral Eurozone countries will be able to solve their debt woes
Retirement of baby boomer generation heralds shift to fixed income
Baby boom, baby bust
‘Deleveraging is a brutal process – but it is necessary’: William Cunningham profile
Profile: William Cunningham
Global economic slowdown raises risk of protectionism
The rise of protectionism
Advanced economies risk slipping into Japan-style 'lost decade'
Lessons from the lost decade
Credit Institute: September 30, 2010
The next Credit Institute meeting, where credit market professionals discuss topics of the day, looks at emerging markets.
'An explosion of sovereign debt'
'An explosion of sovereign debt'
Eurozone a 'slow-motion train wreck' – senior economist
Larry Brainard, chief economist at political risk consultancy Trusted Sources, argues that until Eurozone policymakers shift the emphasis of remedial action from sovereign debt and onto the banking sector, the region will continue to struggle.
Are US and Europe's economies at the point of divergence?
Strengthening fundamentals in the US and continued uncertainty over peripheral European economies have given rise to the notion that the US and Europe are undergoing a decoupling process. Credit looks at what this may mean for the US government bond and…
US Treasury yield movements betray deflation danger
Inflation often accompanies the end of the recovery after a crisis, but while US companies may fear high inflation, banks and investors increasingly see deflation as the more serious risk to the US economy.
Debt-ridden Spain and Portugal face new threats to credit status
Clouds are gathering over the Iberian peninsula. Attention is shifting from Greece, given temporary respite by the EU-IMF bailout, to Spain and Portugal as fears mount over their fiscal deficits and spiralling unemployment figures.
Arm yourselves against inflation, Jonathan Ruffer warns bond investors
Index-linked bonds are where investors will find value as the effects of the financial crisis unwind, advises founder of Ruffer LLC.
China to revalue renminbi ‘by 4-5%’ this year: Zhang Wei profile
The Chinese Communist Party’s former leading economist, Zhang Wei, explains how revaluing the renminbi is in China’s interests, why the financial markets are such a headache for the country’s leaders and how the new generation may yet prove to be the…
EXCLUSIVE: Greece debt crisis may break the Eurozone
Fears mount over Greece's ability to reduce fiscal deficit and service debt repayments, despite Eurozone-IMF bailout package.
The usual upsets
Regulation
Inflated expectations
Inflation
The ups and downs of the Japanese yen
Asia Risk FX Review & Outlook 2009 - Sponsored statement
Uncertain futures
Asia Risk FX Review & Outlook 2009 - India