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Sovereign default

A sovereign default is the failure or refusal of the government of a sovereign state to pay back its debt in full when due. Cessation of due payments (or receivables) may either be accompanied by that government's formal declaration that it will not pay (or only partially pay) its debts (repudiation), or it may be unannounced. A credit rating agency will…

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Sovereign default

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Edges87
Triples51
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022727
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related to Examples of sovereign default · 16
Sovereign default → American, Fuggers, Genoa, Genoese, German, Habsburg, In, Latin American, London, Medieval England, Philip II, Seville, Spain, Spanish, These, This
related to Demise of the state · 12
Sovereign default → Estonia, For, Georgia, Lost, Nevertheless, Russia, Soviet Union, The Soviet, Ukraine, While, With, World War II
related to Insolvency/over-indebtedness of the state · 3
Sovereign default → If, Reasons, To
is a · 2
Sovereign default → failure or refusal of the government of a sovereign state to pay back its debt in full when due, presence of significant debts owed to foreign investors such as banks who are unable to obtain timely payment via political support from governments
has cause · 2
Sovereign default → According, Edward Chancellor
related to Consequences for the citizens · 2
Sovereign default → If, In
related to Consequences · 1
Sovereign default → Creditors

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debt default sovereign state government pay may debts interest crisis countries states back financial currency capital foreign due governments defaulted

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Sovereign defaultis afailure or refusal of the government of a sovereign state to pay back its debt in full when due0.90text
Sovereign defaultis apresence of significant debts owed to foreign investors such as banks who are unable to obtain timely payment via political support from governments0.90text
reducing corruptioninstance ofit has made such loans conditional on action0.80text
imposing austerity measures such as reducing non-profitable public sector servicesinstance ofit has made such loans conditional on action0.80text
raising the tax takeinstance ofit has made such loans conditional on action0.80text
banks who are unable to obtain timely payment via political support from governmentsinstance ofA reversal of global capital flowsUnwise lendingFraudulent lendingExcessive foreign debtsA poor credit historyUnproductive lendingRollover riskWeak revenuesRising interest rates…0.80text
supranational courts or negotiationinstance ofA reversal of global capital flowsUnwise lendingFraudulent lendingExcessive foreign debtsA poor credit historyUnproductive lendingRollover riskWeak revenuesRising interest rates…0.80text
asset seizureinstance ofexcept without the possibility of the exercise of normal creditors' rights0.80text
saleinstance ofexcept without the possibility of the exercise of normal creditors' rights0.80text
Estoniainstance ofsuccessor states0.80text
Russiainstance ofsuccessor states0.80text
Georgiainstance ofsuccessor states0.80text

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