When a sovereign government needs to borrow to fund its operations, there is an advantage to issuing debt in its own currency.
This is because if it has trouble repaying bonds when they mature, the treasury can simply print more money.
However, there are limits to this approach. When gover
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PATRICK ATUANYA
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