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Sovereign finances survived the global recession, just barely in some cases, but now Puerto Rico and Venezuela are insolvent. While the reasons for their plight may differ, there are lessons common to all defaults that investors and citizens should heed.
Nov 30, 2017 predicts that key similarities between Puerto Rico and Venezuela will emerge as their debt sagas play out.
Nov 9, 2015 & believe that restructuring should be subject to nine principles adopted in September by the UN.
Sep 2, 2015 says that the US and the island's government both bear responsibility for the deepening crisis.
Oct 6, 2016 & examine the perils holdout creditors now pose for countries, like Venezuela, facing sovereign default.
Some suggest that the Paris climate agreement’s target for limiting global warming can be achieved only by stopping economic expansion. But there is ample room to change the quality of growth and significantly reduce its environmental impact without condemning billions of people to lives of deprivation.
How can the eurozone get the fiscal stimulus it needs, and which European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde is urging, in the face of the refusal by some countries, starting with Germany, to run budget deficits? There is a good answer, but it doesn't involve attempting to cicumvent the intent of the ECB's statute.
