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Challenges Ahead: Sovereign Debt

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  • Bredenkamp, Hugh
  • Hausmann, Ricardo
  • Pienkowski, Alex
  • Reinhart, Carmen

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Sovereign debt ratios in advanced and emerging economies have grown to near record highs. In low-income countries, debt levels have been gradually building since the debt relief initiative of the early 2000s; furthermore, the debt burdens may be higher than the official estimates reveal, as these data do not fully capture debts to China. In the event of debt servicing difficulties, a more fragmented creditor base may complicate and delay the restructuring process. This paper describes the sovereign debt landscape today and considers potential problems that might lie ahead for both creditor and debtor countries alike. Possibilities of how the global financial architecture might need to adapt to the changing global landscape are discussed.

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  • Bredenkamp, Hugh & Hausmann, Ricardo & Pienkowski, Alex & Reinhart, Carmen, 2019. "Challenges Ahead: Sovereign Debt," MPRA Paper 117564, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 01 Oct 2019.
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    • E6 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook
    • E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
    • F3 - International Economics - - International Finance
    • F34 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - International Lending and Debt Problems
    • G01 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Financial Crises

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