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Country Risk

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Country Risk
The risk that a country will not be able to honor its financial commitments.

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When a country defaults it can harm the performance of all other financial instruments in that country, as well as other countries.


Country risk
The general level of political, financial, and economic uncertainty in a country which impacts the value of the country's bonds and equities. See:Sovereign risk.

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