1.   He called for strict control over loans and debt defaults in the next six months.

2.   Firms and institutions which are otherwise financially sound could be hard hit by a protracted run of debt defaults.

3.   A huge bond swap completed last month was supposed to banish fears of a debt default.

4.   A rally in bonds, which came after the Treasury Department announced plans to stave off a debt default this week, provided stocks with some support.

5.   After the real was floated a year ago and doomsday predictions about a debt default were common, Brazilian banks held firm and continued to buy government bonds.

6.   By all rights, the Russian debt default should have been a minor event.

7.   Concerns about the U.S. debt default aside, gold prices have also rallied in part because demand is outstripping supply.

8.   Daza said that Latin American interest rates did not indicate investor fears about an Argentine debt default.

9.   Failure would mean that Argentina would almost certainly find itself heading for a unilateral debt default, which might increase the cost of credit in all emerging markets.

10.   Lingering concern about a potential U.S. debt default could also underpin gold prices, traders said.