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Default (finance)

In finance, default is failure to meet the legal obligations (or conditions) of a loan, for example when a home buyer fails to make a mortgage payment, or when a corporation or government fails to pay a bond which has reached maturity. A national or sovereign default is the failure or refusal of a government to repay its national debt.

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Financial ratiosWorking capitalCross defaultCorporate financeCollateral
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InsolvencyBankruptcyIlliquidity
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FinanceLegal obligations (or conditions)LoanMortgageBond
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Default (finance)

Nodes44
Edges43
Triples8
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.045455
Components1

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default debt bankruptcy sovereign loan payment legal insolvency isbn negative covenants states even risk payments billion greece mortgage illiquidity financial

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nation-states generally are not subject to bankruptcy courts in their own jurisdictioninstance ofSovereign borrowers0.80text
and thus may be able to default without legal consequencesinstance ofSovereign borrowers0.80text
the United Statesinstance ofa common example is a situation of negative equity on a mortgage loan in common law jurisdictions0.80text
which is in general non-recourseinstance ofa common example is a situation of negative equity on a mortgage loan in common law jurisdictions0.80text
nation-states can also choose to default on a loaninstance ofgenerally a bank.Sovereign strategic defaultSovereign borrowers0.80text
even if they are capable of making the paymentsinstance ofgenerally a bank.Sovereign strategic defaultSovereign borrowers0.80text
nation-states can also choose to default on a loaninstance ofSovereign strategic defaultSovereign borrowers0.80text
even if they are capable of making the paymentsinstance ofSovereign strategic defaultSovereign borrowers0.80text

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