A Key Difficulty That Banks Encounter in Lending to Foreign

question 11

Multiple Choice

A key difficulty that banks encounter in lending to foreign governments is that

• A)governments insist on paying below-market interest rates.
• B)governments raise most of their money in financial markets and are rarely interested in taking out bank loans.
• C)governments prefer to borrow from domestic banks.
• D)the credit risk involved is higher than with private lending.

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