credit default swaps

As the White House and top Republican lawmakers are stuck at an impasse over the debt ceiling, the cost of insuring exposure to U.S. government debt has touched record highs. ...

The probability of a catastrophic U.S. debt default has risen by 300 percent since the start of the ...

The cost of insuring against a potential debt default by Saudi Arabia has soared by over 16 percent ...

China has a debt problem, and it’s desperate enough to employ drastic—and dangerous means—to counter it.