8,396 Results for:
Filters

March 25, 2019

Puerto Rico
Is There Still A Path that Returns Puerto Rico to Debt Sustainability?

The relatively generous settlement with the sales-tax backed bonds (COFINA) has reduced the funds available for everyone else.

Is There Still A Path that Returns Puerto Rico to Debt Sustainability?
Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

September 21, 2010

Europe and Eurasia
P.I.G. Government vs. Corporate Debt

The risk of corporate debt is often measured by looking at the spread between its yield and similar ‘risk-free’ government debt. The higher the spread, the greater the risk. However, when governm…

P.I.G. Government vs. Corporate Debt
Blog Post by Benn Steil and Dinah Walker Geo-Graphics

November 16, 2009

Budget, Debt, and Deficits
Legislative Federal Debt Ceiling

The United States is rapidly approaching its legal debt limit of just over $12 trillion. As of September 2009, U.S. debt stood at $11.9 trillion. As these charts indicate, Congress has raised the …

2009.11.16.LegDebtCeiling.Dollars
Blog Post by Benn Steil and Dinah Walker Geo-Graphics

January 11, 2018

China
China Is Heaping Debt on Its Least Productive Companies

When Chinese President Xi Jinping failed to mention the word “deleveraging” in his long-awaited new economic blueprint in December it was clear that the political tug of war between the advocates…

China Is Heaping Debt on Its Least Productive Companies
Blog Post by Benn Steil and Benjamin Della Rocca Geo-Graphics

May 12, 2008

Capital Flows
Sovereign Economic Development Funds ….

Sovereign funds argue that they are only interested in financial returns. And to be sure, they do care about financial returns. Losing money generally isn’t good for a sovereign fund’s long-term h…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money