Tag: risk premiums
Bonds: why investors mistrust Italy
Italy’s new Prime Minister Georgia Meloni The rating agency Moody’s has threatened to downgrade the country’s credit rating to junk. That weighed on Italian bonds. (Photo: AP) Frankfurt It could…
Italy’s government crisis becomes a test for the ECB
The ECB itself is facing drastic decisions: Central bank chief Christine Lagarde wants to present plans for a new instrument in addition to the first interest rate hike to prevent…