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St. Louis Fed
Some Basics on Sovereign Debt and Default
14 minutes Posted Oct 4, 2018 at 7:17 pm.
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Why do governments borrow? What happens when a country defaults on its debt? How does a country get out of a debt crisis? St. Louis Fed economist Paulina Restrepo-Echavarria answers these and other related questions.