Post by ukipa on Mar 14, 2012 19:45:14 GMT 4
Country Default Risk
March 13, 2012 by: Bespoke Investment Group | includes: EU, TLT Below we highlight the current 5-year CDS (credit default swap) prices (in basis points) for 52 countries around the world. The list is sorted from countries with the lowest default risk to the highest.
The average country on the list has seen default risk drop by 16% this year. As shown, Norway currently has the lowest default risk at 27.74 bps, followed by the US at 33.18 bps. Switzerland, Sweden and the UK round out the top five in terms of the lowest CDS prices. All five of these countries have seen default risk drop by more than 30% so far in 2012.
March 13, 2012 by: Bespoke Investment Group | includes: EU, TLT Below we highlight the current 5-year CDS (credit default swap) prices (in basis points) for 52 countries around the world. The list is sorted from countries with the lowest default risk to the highest.
The average country on the list has seen default risk drop by 16% this year. As shown, Norway currently has the lowest default risk at 27.74 bps, followed by the US at 33.18 bps. Switzerland, Sweden and the UK round out the top five in terms of the lowest CDS prices. All five of these countries have seen default risk drop by more than 30% so far in 2012.
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