2.59pm BST Troubled eurozone debt slides Yields on Spanish sovereign debt - about 4.83% - and Italian sovereign debt - 4.45% - are attracting chatter in the wake of the US jobs data, as well as the Bank of Japan spending spree, which has sent investors scurrying to European assets.
But issuance of debt securities slid during the quarter.
Longer-term rates on Portuguese debt did slide a little this week after a tentative agreement on a bailout, but they remain at levels that show widespread doubts about the country's ability to pay.
The choice was whether to cast Pakistan's lot with the United States in the war that was coming, or remain an isolated and economically beleaguered state, crushed by foreign debt and sliding toward the same Islamic extremism that had brought the Taliban to power in neighboring Afghanistan.
Brazil's economy is likely to be seriously tested as the greenback rises; Turkey, Malaysia and Chile have large dollar-denominated debts and sliding currencies; and a string of African countries face sharp rises in debt repayments.
The 99-year-old Woolworths chain collapsed last November as a result of mounting debts and sliding sales.
Venezuela risks defaulting on its debts and sliding into hyperinflation as its economy teeters on the brink of collapse.
Like so many veterans of the GOP committee, I watched as the RNC slid into debt and decay under former chairman Michael Steele and cheered as Reince Preibus, its current chief, began the challenge of rebuilding the party's national infrastructure.
It doesn't make sense that so many of our students have SLID into debt to secure a better future.
