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Some Basics on Sovereign Debt and Default

Oct 04, 201815 min
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Episode description

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.

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