The recent rise in Portuguese government bond yields appears to be largely due to a general increase in risk aversion, rather than factors specifically related to Portugal. However, we think that Portuguese government bond yields (and spreads) could drift higher. But we do not anticipate a very large rise, or that wider Portuguese spreads will have much impact on Spanish or Italian government bonds.
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