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tes. Its NIIP then quickly deteriorated as small and unstable current account surpluses were insufficient to offset negative valuation effects. The Lehman and most importantly the Eurozone crisis marked an inflection point, and the euro area has since run current account surpluses of a greater order o

he purchase of financial products and/or services, customers should carefully read the relevant disclosures. prospectuses and other documentation. 'Moody's". "Standard & Poor's". and "Fitch" mentioned in this report are not registered credit rating agencies in Japan unless 'Japan' or 'Nippon' is specifi

EFTA00729872 Sphera in light of Political, Financial and Security Events 400.00% 350.00% 300.00% 250.00% Jul 06: 2nd Lebanon War Sep 08: Lehman Brother file C. 11 340, it. Mar 03: Dec 08: Operation 200.00% Iraq war Cast Lead Mar 02: Operation 150.00% 89.6% Defensive Shield 100.00%

try of Finance 37 EFTA00729866 Israel Recent Economic Highlights Moodys & Fitch AaTAA- _ Al/A+ A2/A ANA- Baal /BBB+ Baa2/EIBB BaalBBB- Moody's S&P Fitch 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Source: Israel's Ministry of Finance 38 EFT

2 J.P.Morgan • Current thinking by investors; • Why you remain risk-off and what catalysts you see over the summer; • Are we heading towards a Lehman moment? • Comment on ratings action by Moody's on banks; Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou (Head of European Asset Allocation): • Why QE seems to be losin

• Why you remain risk-off and what catalysts you see over the summer; • Are we heading towards a Lehman moment? • Comment on ratings action by Moody's on banks; Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou (Head of European Asset Allocation): • Why QE seems to be losing its effectiveness • Progress on investor posi

market collapsed in 2008; the assets they ended up owning were illiquid, difficult to value and even harder to sell. Banks such as Bear Stearns and Lehman made the fatal mistake of assuming that the markets (often their fellow banks) would always be willing to roll over their debts, but they suffered

d loan obligations (CLOs), but since the credit crunch the market has dried up. And the debts accumulated in the 2006-07 boom have to be refinanced. Moody's reckons that some €250 billion of LBO debt will need to be rolled over in the next five years. Private-equity loans were just one of many assets (f

returning. For all the unconventional measures since 2088, the remarkably consistent pricing of 2-year ahead rates paths from the Fed and ECB post Lehman is what stands out (see second chart). We think this year will mark the beginning of renewed divergence. On the Fed side, mid-2015 guidance is soo

he purchase of financial products and/or services, customers should carefully read the relevant disclosures, prospectuses and other documentation. "Moody's", "Standard & Poor's", and "Fitch" mentioned in this report are not registered credit rating agencies in Japan unless "Japan" or "Nippon" is speci