Sponsored Germany Said To Press For Naked CDS Ban Wolfgang Schaeuble, Germany’s finance minister, is said to be planning to press the governments of European Union member states to ban trading of naked credit default swaps on their countries’ sovereign debt, reports Bloomberg. May 16, 2011
Sponsored Moody’s Downgrades Ireland Debt, Periphery’s Debt Costs Rise Ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded Ireland’s sovereign debt rating to a level just above junk status on the country’s uncertain outlook and lower expectations for the economy, according to The Daily Telegraph. April 18, 2011
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