Bond spreads determined by turmoil

At the times of crisis global financial market conditions are the fundamental drivers of changes in bond spreads, research published by the International Monetary Fund finds.

The paper finds investors' risk appetite may be the key transmission channel of shocks across national boundaries and market classes in integrated financial markets. Contagion from emerging markets is shown to be very small, which contrasts with the common assumption that spreads on sovereign bonds reflect countries' default

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