Europe, for its part, has a brewing problem in emerging market debt. Austrian banks are exposed to sovereign emerging market debt to the tune of 85% of GDP. Swiss banks have emerging market debt equivalent to 50% of GDP. It’s 25% in Sweden, 25% in the U.K., and 23% in Spain. If more emerging markets go the way of Iceland and default on debt or go bankrupt, Europe’s banking system faces major trouble. Just what we needed. More trouble…
October 27th, 2008 | Dan Denning | 9 comments | Continued
