A New York state bill has ambitions to help solve the global debt crisis
Published on: Sunday 11 June 2023
A bill quietly making its way through the New York state legislature could upend the world of sovereign debt investing. Why it matters: There’s a debt crisis brewing among lower-income nations, and creditor gridlock is prolonging the pain for countries like Zambia and Sri Lanka that need to restructure their unsustainable debt loads. Enter New York: About half of sovereign bonds are governed by New York law — so Albany (the capital of New York...