Fears over Portugal caused the cost of insuring European sovereign debt against default to rise to a new high. Portugal, Spain and Greece are all issuing bonds this week.
According to the article Germany and France are urging Portugal to use the protection of Europe’s new bailout facility as they think Portugal could get the cold shoulder from the capital markets.
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