Bond

Rarely has the relationship of investors with sovereign debt been more ambivalent. The Western media tell us that we face a debt crisis, with debt-to- GDP ratios approaching 100%

What the package has done is help to create a fire-break to avoid the spread of contagion throughout the eurozone.

Many pundits seem to be convinced that lower public sector creditworthiness and higher inflation are inevitable parts of our economic future

Inflation linked bonds are bonds whose principal is linked to inflation which allows their holders to protected against inflation as opposed to traditional bonds.

The situation appears to be a paradox. France is just coming out of a crisis but real estate prices have sharply increased during the previous months and have only slightly decreased at the height of the crisis. How can this phenomenon be explained?