Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/336696 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 13
Publisher: 
University of Athens, Department of Economics, International Economics and Development Laboratory (IEDL), Athens
Abstract: 
The risks posed by issuing debt denominated in a foreign currency are well understood: if the domestic currency depreciates, the local currency cost of servicing such debt will increase. But what has been the recent experience of developing countries? This paper provides a quantitative assessment of the additional cost of servicing foreign currency denominate debt using both data on individual sovereign and subnational bonds and data from the World bank's International Debt Statistics database. The paper also explores whether such additional costs, which are due to depreciation of the exchange rate, have an adverse effect on fiscal space.
Subjects: 
Sovereign debt
developing countries
foreign currency denominated debt
currency risk
fiscal space
JEL: 
F34
H63
E62
G15
O23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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