Posted

June 24, 2011 06:13:31 AM

Date

2011-04

Author

MCM Staff, Approved by José Viñals

Affiliation

IMF

Title

Managing Sovereign Debt and Debt Markets through a Crisis - Practical Insights and Policy Lessons

Summary /
Abstract

The crisis highlighted the importance of debt management in containing debt-related risks and the associated impact on debt markets. The impact of the crisis on debt levels, and the consequent implications for fiscal consolidation, has been the subject of much discussion and analysis. However, there has been relatively less focus on the issue of how that debt should be managed, including how its composition should be structured so as to mitigate key risk exposures, and its implications for debt market functioning. That task proved significantly complex and challenging through the crisis, particularly in advanced economies, with additional dimensions of risk revealed.

Keywords

Sovereign debt, risk and debt management

URL

http://www.imf.org/external/np/pp/eng/2011/041811.pdf

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