By rating Chile higher than many struggling European sovereigns, ECR economists are sending a strong message to governments and rating agencies alike that creditworthiness must be earned rather than inherited.

The majority of economists polled by Euromoney Country Risk believe that Italy still has time to solve its sovereign debt crisis.

Puea Thai’s victory in Saturday’s general election has worrying implications for the country’s public finances and inflation.

For most sovereigns, the price of credit defaults swaps on a country’s debt usually rises after a leader is diagnosed with a potentially fatal illness.

Before you adopt a common currency be sure you are dealing with one country not a group of countries with different monetary and fiscal capabilities.