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  • U.K. Teeters on the Brink of Its Own Greek Tragedy

    03/02/2010 12:38:30 PM PST · by reaganaut1 · 22 replies · 531+ views
    New York Times ^ | March 2, 2010 | Landon Thomas Jr.
    Could Britain be on the verge of a debt panic? The fiscal crisis in Greece and a growing worry that the coming elections here could result in a hung Parliament, with no political party strong enough to push through unpopular deficit-cutting measures, have sparked fears that Britain will experience its own sovereign-debt meltdown. In such an event, foreign investors would sharply cut back on their purchases of British government bonds, leading to an interest-rate spike and a potential double dip-recession, if not worse. “If you really want a fiscal problem, look at the U.K.,” said Mark Schofield, a fixed-income strategist...