The proposed crisis mechanism would effectively insure government bond purchasers against the risk of insolvency, but it would entail deductibles that compel bondholders to assume some of the investment risk.

Notwithstanding a dysfunctional Congress, the private sector will increasingly convert a paralyzing uncertainty premium, which impedes much investment, into a less disruptive risk premium.

It took a long time, but the contagion of a sound financial idea has been unmistakable. GDP linked bonds would also allow hedging the risk of inflation, plus respond to GDP growth.

Now, the CDS market offers a convenient way of shorting bonds, but the risk reward asymmetry works in the opposite way.

Any risk premium that the Italian government might still have to pay would no longer go to foreigners, but to Italian savers, whose incomes would increase a net gain for the country.

Most telling is that Britain, which retained control of its currency, enjoys the lowest yields in its history, while the risk premium on Spanish bonds is at a new high.

The list of issues on which the Bush administration has failed to lead is a long one, and failure to take steps to diminish the risks of future financial catastrophe cannot rank very high.

The relatively low interest rates on both short term and long term bonds are now causing both individual investors and institutional fund managers to assume duration risk and credit quality risk in the hope of achieving higher returns.

The Battle of the Bonds

The Perils of Backseat Negotiating

The Risks of Withdrawal

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Bond lending involves diversified groups of bond holders, including domestic residents, and can be issued under different jurisdictions.

Bond offering

The new bonds, other than those governed by Argentine law, will include Collective Action Clauses (CACs).

The Harm of Regulatory Disharmony

The Dangers of Deficit Reduction

Water Risk on the Rise

The Perils of Financial Historicism

The Perils of Palestinian Strategy

The Perils of Prophecy

Moreover, not forbidding indirect purchases should be seen primarily as a means of permitting banks that buy government bonds to pledge them as collateral for refinancing operations, while bearing the full investment risk.

Buying time for reform to work requires socialization of short term risk. There is no other way to keep bond yields under control and banks functioning, and there is no ironclad guarantee that the reform programs needed to do the job will be approved.

America s Bond Market Blues

Italy and Greece, in particular, face serious debt issues amid financial market concerns about the possibility of default or their leaving the euro zone.

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The Risks of Mislabeled Risk

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An independent risk assessment was undertaken.

Preventing the risk of radiological terrorism

Indeed, not even the risk of receiving nothing ensures that bondholders will not revert to the old bonds.

For example, the Republic of Korea has undertaken measures to encourage the issuance of bonds by SMEs.10 One objective of the Asian bond market initiative11 is to increase bond financing options for smaller companies in Asia.

First, they could clarify the pari passu clause, specifying that it guaranteed comparable treatment for existing bondholders, not for existing bondholders and earlier bondholders whose claims were already extinguished.

The Perils of Economic Consensus

There is no future free of risk.

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Adding cocos to government bonds will require solving a host of technical problems.

Indeed, the interest rate on inflation protected bonds has now become 0.5 , even for a five year maturity!

The yen s rising value raises the yield on Japanese bonds relative to the yield on bonds denominated in other currencies.

Upon the issuance of the bonds, the United Nations would invest the bond proceeds in a project construction fund account to be invested over the period of construction.

Tensions in financial markets have hit new highs. Most telling is that Britain, which retained control of its currency, enjoys the lowest yields in its history, while the risk premium on Spanish bonds is at a new high.

But the bond markets want more.

Should Bondholders be Bailed Out?

Government bonds, on the other hand, have no covenants.

Turmoil in bond markets began to abate.