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Re:Puerto Rico files for biggest ever U.S. local government ... by nwatson on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @06:48PM (#14260910)
Governments can borrow in currency not their own. This becomes not only debt at adjustable rates, but debt at "adjustable principal" as well. Risky.
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