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The US treasury market reaches breaking point

The US treasury market reaches breaking point

The structural issue that could cause the world's market of last resort to grind to a halt

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September 2003

IMF Delegates - Western Europe





Austria
H.E. Karl-Heinz Grasser, Minister of Finance
Mr Klaus Liebscher, President
GNI 190,399,578,112
GDP 202,953,621,504
Current account balance 1,381,004,032
S&P AAA
Moody's Aaa
Fitch AAA
Political risk 95.84%
Belgium
Mr Guy Quaden, Central Bank Governor
H.E. Didier Reynders, Minister of Finance
GNI 239,949,168,640
GDP 247,634,313,216
S&P AA+
Moody's Aaa
Fitch AA
Political risk 92.33%
Cyprus
Mr Christodoulos Christodoulou, Governor
Hon. Markos Kyprianou, Minister of Finance
S&P A
Moody's A2
Fitch A+
Political risk 73.60%
Denmark
H.E. Thor Pedersen, Minister of Finance
Ms. Bodil Nyboe Andersen, Governor
GNI 162,742,960,128
GDP 174,797,979,648
Current account balance 4,917,890,048
S&P AAA
Moody's Aaa
Fitch AA+
Political risk 98.47%
Finland
H.E. Antti Kalliomaki, Minister of Finance
Matti Vanhala, Governor
GNI 122,231,398,400
GDP 130,797,314,048
Current account balance 9,889,844,224
S&P AAA
Moody's Aaa
Fitch AAA
Political risk 98.36%
France
H.E. Francis Mer, Minister of Economoy, Finance & Industry
Mr Jean-Claude Trichet, Governor
GNI 1,342,734,729,216
GDP 1,409,604,124,672
Current account balance 28,062,769,152
S&P AAA
Moody's Aaa
Fitch AAA
Political risk 95.40%
Germany
H.E. Hans Eichel, Minister of Finance
Ernst Welteke, President
GNI 1,870,383,415,296
GDP 1,976,239,783,936
S&P AAA
Moody's Aaa
Fitch AAA
Political risk 95.51%
Greece
H.E. Nikolaos Christodoulakis, Minister of Economy & Finance
Nicholaos C Garganas, Governor
GNI 123,906,277,376
GDP 132,834,238,464
S&P A+
Moody's Aaa
Fitch A
Political risk 79.41%
Iceland
Hon. Geir Hilmar Haarde, Minister of Finance
Finnur Ingolfsson, Director
GNI 7,943,747,072
GDP 8,607,810,560
S&P A+
Moody's Aaa
Fitch AA-
Political risk 84.56%
Ireland
Maurice O'Connell, Governor
Hon. Charlie McCreevy, T.D., Minister of Finance
GNI 92,551,692,288
GDP 119,915,823,104
Current account balance -175,747,696
S&P AAA
Moody's Aaa
Fitch AAA
Political risk 94.41%
Italy
Hon. Giulio Tremonti, Minister of Finance
Antonio Fazio, Governor
GNI 1,097,943,547,904
GDP 1,180,921,102,336
Current account balance -7,116,731,904
S&P AA
Moody's Aaa
Fitch AA
Political risk 87.51%
Luxembourg
Yves Mersch, Governor
H.E. Jean-Claude Juncker, Minister of Finance
GNI 17,220,931,584
GDP 20,062,216,192
Current account balance 1,689,147,008
S&P AAA
Moody's Aaa
Fitch AAA
Political risk 98.69%
Malta
Mr Michael C. Bonello, Governor
Hon. John Dalli, MP, Minister of Finance
Current account balance -179,779,504
S&P A
Moody's A3
Fitch A
Political risk 78.64%
Netherlands
H.E. Gerrit Zalm, Minister of Finance
A.H.E.M. Wellink Nout, President
GNI 386,774,368,256
GDP 413,741,252,608
Current account balance 9,866,091,520
S&P AAA
Moody's Aaa
Fitch AAA
Political risk 98.03%
Norway
Svein Ingvar Gjedrem, Governor
Hon. Per-Kristian Foss, Minister of Finance
GNI 171,770,331,136
GDP 189,435,904,000
Current account balance 26,470,449,152
S&P AAA
Moody's Aaa
Fitch AAA
Political risk 98.03%
Portugal
Hon. Manuela Ferreora Leite, Minister of State & Finance
Vitor Manuel Ribeiro Constancio, Governor
GNI 108,708,888,576
GDP 121,290,858,496
Current account balance -9,120,250,880
S&P AA
Moody's Aaa
Fitch AA
Political risk 86.31%
San Marino
H.E. Puez Marion Mularoni, Secretary of Finance & Budget
Spain
H.E. Rodrigo De Rato Figaredo, Minister of Economy
Jaime Caruana Lacorte, Governor
GNI 594,113,593,344
GDP 649,791,537,152
S&P AA+
Moody's Aaa
Fitch AA+
Political risk 90.58%
Sweden
Hon. Bosse Ringholm, Minister of Finance
Lars Heikensten, Governor
GNI 221,508,288,512
GDP 229,771,640,832
S&P AA+
Moody's Aaa
Fitch AA+
Political risk 97.37%
Switzerland
Dr. Jean-Pierre Roth, Chairman
H.E. Kaspar Villiger, Minister of Finance
GNI 274,157,158,400
GDP 268,040,781,824
S&P AAA
Moody's Aaa
Fitch AAA
Political risk 99.89%
United Kingdom
Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer
Rt. Hon. Sir Mervyn King, Governor
GNI 1,486,194,475,008
GDP 1,552,437,346,304
Current account balance -13,008,509,952
S&P AAA
Moody's Aaa
Fitch AAA
Political risk 100%






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