Discussions with investors started in earnest on Monday, just after the US government announced the biggest jump in unemployment for 22 years. And as if that wasn't bad enough, rising oil prices and inflation were spurring fears that central banks across the region would be forced to continue hiking interest rates. As a result of all this, the iTraxx index of Asia-Pacific investment-grade credit default swaps has widened by almost 20bp this week to end at 138.5bp...
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