As LIBOR rises—blowing past 1% yesterday, for the first time in nearly two years—more struggling junk-rated borrowers may end up with negative cash flow, unable to pay interest payments on their loans.
Despite the geopolitical tensions, the Russian government is making payments on its sovereign debt and Western governments are allowing circuitous transfers to get those funds to the debt holders.
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If signed into law, the measure will head off uncertainty and legal fights around some $16 trillion of LIBOR-linked deals that may survive beyond June 2023.