The details of the countries that maintain negative leadership in the region based on the values of the indicator measured by JP Morgan.
Country risk in the nations of the American continent. Photo: capture, Canal26.
Produced by JP Morganhe risk country has as its function determine what interest rate must be paid when issuing debt abroad, covering both the public and private sectors of different nations. This Tuesday April 16, 2024the indicator was located in the Argentina at 1381 basis points.
Used since the early 90s, this value is used to know the level of “danger” posed by lending money to governments or private companies in different parts of the world. In this context, if a nation has a high figure for this indicator, it will have a worse classification and the interest rate that debtors or potential debt issuers will have to pay for their credits in international markets will be higher.
Risk country. Photo: Reuters
Meanwhile, the country risk also serves as a reference for investors and commercial bankswho with this figure will be able to guide themselves when lending money and know what the probability is that the credit issuer falls into default.
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Country risk in the nations of the American continent
Country risk in the nations of the American continent
- Uruguay – 76
- Chile – 118
- Peru – 154
- Paraguay – 172
- United States – 186
- Guatemala – 188
- Brazil – 199
- Costa Rica – 209
- Dominican Republic – 233
- Panama – 262
- Colombia – 281
- Mexico – 306
- Honduras – 326
- El Salvador – 614
- Ecuador – 1180
- Argentina – 1381
- Bolivia – 1850
- Venezuela – 19259