Public sector borrowers face a raft of challenges in funding their programmes through difficult and volatile markets, OMFIF’s Public Sector Debt Outlook 2023 reveals. Featuring a survey from the Sovereign Debt Institute, the report finds that borrowers are concerned about the level of demand from investors, the size of new issuance premiums, the lack of liquidity and the ability of sovereign issuers to incentivise their primary dealer groups.
Outlook 2023: UK problems require hard political graft By Meghnad Desai The global economy as well as the UK economy is caught in a repeat of the stagflation of the 1970s and 1980s. Do not expect much cheer in the short run.
ON DEMAND EU bonds: towards sovereign status Siegfried Ruhl, hors classe adviser to the director-general for budget at the European Commission, talks with Clive Horwood, OMFIF’s managing editor and deputy CEO, about the European Union’s borrowing plans for 2023.
A new survey from OMFIF’s Sovereign Debt Institute finds public sector borrowers are looking to boost liquidity against a difficult backdrop for issuing debt.
