Bond Outlook July 25th

It is right to focus on sub-prime related CDOs, but the de facto credit squeeze, with wider spreads and more severe terms for corporate loans will have even wider negative repercussions.

Bond Outlook [by bridport & cie, July 25th 2007]

Moody’s says that the credit rout gives “serious reasons to worry but does not pose a systemic threat”. The Fed’s W. Poole assures that “the impact of the sub-prime problems will be contained to the real estate markets and will not hurt the economy much”.

We disagree. The financial system in the USA has failed and will need revamping, not least with regard to the operations of the rating agencies.

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