Egypt’s Doomsayers Pay More Than Ever for Default Protection

  • Five-year CDS at a record discount to the one-year contract
  • Traders pricing in a higher chance of a near-term default risk
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Egypt’s debt markets are on edge like never before, increasingly consumed by the threat of it missing a payment on its bonds within a year.