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Italy’s and Spain’s sovereign credit spreads fall further

10-year government bond yields in Italy and Spain continued to decline in February. Admittedly, yield spreads over 10-year German Bunds seem reasonable given the countries’ current sovereign credit ratings. But we think there are four reasons why spreads are more likely to rise before too long than fall further.

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