Studying the diverging paths of Ukraine and Pakistan bonds in the emerging market sell off

Studying the diverging paths of Ukraine and Pakistan bonds in the emerging market sell off, Ash concludes that Ukraine – without an IMF deal and without its financial ‘A Team’ – is paying a 150 basis points penalty. One month ago — before the coronavirus market meltdown and Ukraine’s cabinet purge – Ukraine’s 8-year government bonds were trading at yields of 5.62%. “Now it is 9.4% and heading back into double digits,” he writes. “The cost was likely 150bps on borrowing costs,” he writes. “On $84 billion of debt, that’s $1.26 billion.”