The Spiro Comment: Pricing sovereign risk is more art than science

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The Spiro Comment: Pricing sovereign risk is more art than science

The qualitative side of sovereign risk assessment is becoming increasingly important. Spreadsheets and models are of limited value in gauging the real riskiness of states. Even in the eurozone, politics, intergovernmental relations and economic culture are more critical than ever to pricing government debt.

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