Greece second riskiest country in terms of sovereign debt

Greece became the second most risky in terms of sovereign debt due to a deterioration of its debt in the second quarter, a survey of CMA Datavision.

Athens was still in the ninth position of the most risky in terms of sovereign debt in the first quarter, said CMA.

The cost of protecting against a default in the country five years on its debt (credit default swap) has jumped to 1,003.4 basis points (bps) in the second quarter.There is a probability of 55.6% of default of Greece in the five years.

Greece is also the countries with the worst performance in the second quarter with an increase of 190% of its CDS, followed by Belgium with the CDC have increased 168.5%.

Spain completes the podium with a jump of 129.2% of its CDS, while Portugal and France are respectively the fourth and fifth worst student with an increase in the cost of protection on debt of 129.2% and 112.3%.

In absolute terms, Venezuela, with CDS has reached 1305.7 bps remains the country's riskiest ranking made by the company study the risk of default on debts, Caracas, with a probability of default to five years' s raising to 58.7%.

Iceland and Egypt are instead left the group of the ten riskiest in the world, unlike Romania and Bulgaria which joined the top 10 at the eighth and tenth positions respectively, their banks being heavily exposed to Greece.

Among the safest countries in the world are still Norway and Finland, which continue to occupy the first and second place in the field, while the U.S. is hoisted from the tenth to third in favor of improving the credit situation in the country.

Germany, which is a reference in the euro area sovereign debt, and the Netherlands have however slipped in the rankings of the safest countries.

Germany has dropped to third from sixth place the first three months of the year and the period April-June The Netherlands has them in eighth place after being in sixth place three months earlier.

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