sovereign
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This argument would essentially function as a variation on the so-called dormant commerce clause by inferring implied constitutional constraints on states’ sovereign powers.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026
Over the past 15 years, the spread between Italian 10-year and German 10-year rates has been one of the wider sovereign spreads in Europe.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Car making is still seen as central to countries' sovereign manufacturing capability – in the old days the mantra was: "What's good for General Motors is good for America."
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Additionally, CNN reported, it will be “financed with the help of sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi that will indirectly own just under a 50-percent equity stake in the merged Paramount–WBD.”
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026
I pled, “There is no word of their sovereign family? Or a raid made upon the royal house of the Egba?”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
"This excess in supply is also likely an additional factor serving to weigh on global sovereign debt markets with some investors preferring to invest in Big Tech as opposed to indebted sovereigns."
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
“The two sovereigns, acting as one, attempted to ensure that Mr. Mangione would be prosecuted twice for the same criminal acts,” Mangione’s lawyers wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
These developments don’t threaten dollar dominance today or tomorrow, but they reflect a genuine, if gradual, de-risking impulse among sovereigns who have concluded that some diversification away from dollar concentration is prudent.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
Tim Ash, senior strategist at RBC Bluebay Asset Management, pointed out in a posting on X, that sovereigns do not request swap lines lightly.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 20, 2026
One feels the need to bow to unquestioned sovereigns.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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