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Sovereign loan sharking

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A sovereign debt default is very different from you or I not paying our credit cards or mortgage: it is more a self fulfilling prophecy by the market, than a conscious decision of the debtor.

A few months ago we posted that Greek debt was trading with an incredible yield of 22%. Well we can forget that.

Following another Eurocrat opening his mouth, the latest yield is an eye watering 35% yield on 2 year debt.

As the chart below shows, the yield, or effective interest rate, has more than tripled from 11% in February 2011.

Ireland has shot up from just 5% in February to around 15% at the start of July and finally to 23% today.

Italy in the meantime is cruising along at just under 5% yield in comparison.

 

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