Country risk March 2010: A fragile sense of stability

After a year that turned out better than anyone could have expected, 2010 began with a new bout of nerves on financial markets.

For historical country risk data please visit the Euromoney Country risk website
Top of the disquiet list was sovereign debt, particularly in the developed world. Economists worried that debt levels in the US (which falls to a new all-time low of 13th place in our rankings) were out of control. The UK’s budget deficit reached record peacetime levels. But the biggest concerns surrounded the countries of southern Europe, notably Greece, Portugal and Spain.

Canada, one of the best-performing countries through the financial crisis, breaks into the top 10.

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