Move over Piigs. The latest problem children of European debt markets, according to investors, are the “Bifs”: Britain, Italy and France.
The three economies suffered the biggest rises in borrowing costs among major European bond markets following the outbreak of war in the Middle East on February 28.
Even after recovering some ground, yields on 10-year UK and Italian bonds, which move inversely to prices, are up at least 0.5 percentage points, while those on French bonds are 0.45 percentage points higher. German Bund yields are up 0.38 percentage points over the period.
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