Coronavirus Fears Drive Up Credit Risk for Gulf Crude Exporters

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Insurance Journal - Feb 25, 2020

The cost of insuring against sovereign debt defaults by Gulf Arab states has risen in recent days as markets price the risk the coronavirus outbreak represents for the crude export-dependent region. Conventional spreads on the five-year credit default swaps (CDS) …...

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