As predicted,
Argentina Declared in Default by S&P as Talks Fail
Standard & Poor’s declared Argentina in default after the government missed a deadline for paying interest on $13 billion of restructured bonds.
A US judge had set a deadline of 04:00 GMT on Thursday for a deal.
Argentina: defaulting for 190 years @TheEconomist: http://t.co/WX2J4UG09I pic.twitter.com/wai9C5A5mq”
— Fausta (@Fausta) July 31, 2014
This is the eighth time the country has defaulted:
ARGENTINA’S first bond, issued in 1824, was supposed to have a lifespan of 46 years. Less than four years later, the government defaulted. Resolving the ensuing stand-off with creditors took 29 years. Since then seven more defaults have followed, the most recent this week, when Argentina failed to make a payment on bonds issued as partial compensation to victims of the previous default, in 2001.
Have the Bonds issued and sold in 1824 been paid yet?
Hah!
I don’t think so!