At first sight, the concept of a sovereign default appears straightforward: a government either pays its debt, or it does not. But on closer inspection the picture is more blurred. For example, Greece’s plan to delay its payments to the IMF would not generally be labelled a default. Moreover, the definition of default varies between organisations and defaults, when they occur, come in many shapes and sizes.
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