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Zorluk: OrtaPublic Debt Types and Management

A government seeking to reduce the servicing cost of its existing long-term obligations replaces a high-interest bond issue with a new loan floated at a significantly lower rate of interest. Which public debt management technique is being utilized in this scenario?

  1. Debt conversionCevap
  2. B
    Debt repudiation
  3. C
    Debt monetization
  4. D
    Sinking fund accumulation

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Debt conversion
Debt conversion is the public debt management technique where a government replaces an outstanding high-interest loan with a new loan carrying a lower interest rate, reducing the overall public debt servicing burden.

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1
Identify the core action described in the scenario
The government is replacing an existing high-interest debt instrument with a new lower-interest loan.
Evaluating the mechanism of replacing existing loan contracts clarifies the debt management technique used.
2
Match the action to debt management terminology
Replacing high-cost public debt with low-cost debt is formally defined as debt conversion.
Debt conversion aims to lighten the interest burden on public revenue without default.

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