Trésor-Economics No. 52 - The Credit Default Swap (CDS) market
One of the earliest signs of the financial crisis in summer 2007 was the plunge in the indices compiled from credit default swaps (CDSs) on a basket of subprime-backed bonds. Recently, the worsening situation in the emerging countries has been perceptible in the steep rise of CDS spreads on their sovereign bonds.Credit default swaps protect investors against credit events on reference corporate or... Lire la suite