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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Isn't it the case that bonds issued by a SCB would be effectively worthless unless somehow backed by the bank of england?
I'm not at all sure that a country's credit rating can be based on someone else's currency, can it?
(, Mon 15 Oct 2012, 15:35, 1 reply, 13 years ago)
They'd only become worthless if the Scottish economy screwed up spectacularly and the country was frozen out of the markets.
The credit rating is based on the perception in the markets that the country, via its CB, will be able to repay its debts. In the short to medium term Scotland would be seen as a fairly safe bet. Though after that, fuck knows.
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