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  • US Backs Egyptian Bond Issuance, Gives New $1 Billion Issue "Sovereign Guarantee"

    05/23/2011 11:28:12 AM PDT · by mojito · 30 replies
    ZeroHedge ^ | 5/23/2011 | Tyler Durden
    Just because the US is having so much success convincing the world its debt is...good,...the good old US of A has now decided to backstop the debt of...Egypt. Bloomberg reports: "Egypt plans to raise $1 billion by selling Eurobonds this year to diversify borrowing and finance a widening budget deficit after its economy was rocked by the worst political crisis in 30 years. The five-year bonds will be backed by a U.S. “sovereign guarantee,” Finance Minister Samir Radwan said by telephone from Cairo today...President Barack Obama promised last week $2 billion in loan guarantees and debt forgiveness." And when it...