OECD sovereign borrowing outlook 2012.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Staff, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Government lending.

Debts, Public.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (91 p.)

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Pub., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

OECD governments are facing unprecedented challenges in the markets for government securities as a result of continued strong borrowing amid a highly uncertain environment with growing concerns about the pace of recovery, surging borrowing costs, sovereign risk and contagion pressures. The OECD Sovereign Borrowing Outlook provides estimates for 2011 and projections for 2012. Higher than anticipated gross borrowing needs of OECD governments are expected to reach USD 10.4 trillion in 2011 and USD 10.5 trillion in 2012, including a strong increase in longer-term redemptions in 2012. Against this

Contents:

Foreword; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Preface; Acronyms; Executive Summary; Sovereign Borrowing Overview; A highly uncertain issuance environment: concerns about the recovery and growing sovereign risk; Evolution of budget deficits, sovereign borrowing and debt; Summary overview of the borrowing outlook for OECD country groupings; The challenge of raising large volumes of funds with acceptable roll-over risk during periods with changes in perceptions of sovereign risk; Funding strategy during periods of fiscal dominance and fiscal consolidation; Central government debt at a glance

ReferencesOutlook for sovereign risk; Concerns about sovereign risk outlook is creating major challenges for government borrowing operations; Widening of euro area spreads in the summer of 2011; Market spotlight on Italy; Animal spirits pushing up borrowing rates?; Role of credit rating agencies; Volatile markets are generating selling pressures and higher borrowing costs; Definition and measurement of sovereign risk; Mispricing of sovereign risk?; Notes; References; Impact of financial contagion on borrowing operations within the euro area; Potential for contagion of the euro area crisis

Direct channels of contagionIndirect channels of contagion and impact on borrowing operations; Vulnerability of a monetary union to liquidity crises; Notes; References; Changes in issuance procedures and techniques; The need to adjust issuance procedures and techniques; OECD best practices as global standards?; Results from a recent survey on OECD issuance procedures and policies; Issuance conditions amid a volatile and uncertain environment; Responses to tougher issuance condition; Notes; References; Annex A. Principles and trade-offs when making issuance choicesin the United Kingdom

Annex B. A suggested new approach to the measurement and reporting of gross short-term borrowing operations by governmentsAnnex C. Methods and sources; Glossary

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

92-64-16913-X

OCLC:

779229485