What is Sovereign debt?             Why do countries issue sovereign debt in foreign currency?

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  1. What is Sovereign debt?

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Why do countries issue sovereign debt in foreign currency?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Can you look up the current share of Argentina’s total external debt that’s denominated in foreign currency?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. What does it mean for a country to default on its sovereign debt? (i.e. explain what default means)

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. How do countries usually get out of a sovereign debt crisis?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. After a country goes through a sovereign debt crisis, does it gets excluded from international capital markets? (i.e. no one would buy sovereign debts issued by that country anymore) If it does not, what is the consequence that the country suffer as a result of the sovereign debt crisis?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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