by Boo_Randy
In a world drowning in debt, here come the cascading defaults. Sorry, central banker scum, you won’t be able to print this away.
www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-24/default-threat-reaches-pakistan-in-deepening-political-crisis?srnd=premium-asia&sref=ibr3A0ff
Soaring inflation. Squabbles over fuel prices. A fractious political environment. For months, Pakistan has struggled to keep its economy afloat, raising the prospect that one of the world’s most populous nations could soon follow Sri Lanka in a wave of potential global defaults.
Investors are getting nervous. Without a bailout from the International Monetary Fund, Pakistan may default for the second time in its history. As talks with the IMF conclude Wednesday in Doha, officials acknowledge that winning a loan from the multilateral lender might involve trade-offs, including the politically tough decision of raising fuel prices.
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