Saturday, July 16, 2011

AAA Debt Expansion and Shift to Sovereign Debt



This graph shows the trend in the expansion of AAA debt. Initially it was primarily from the manufacturing of AAA debt by Wall Street and GSE's during the housing bubble. The latest surge in AAA debt is led by sovereign debt that is being issued to deal with budget deficits and the risk of default in the euro zone.

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