Among the 28 U.S. companies that
defaulted on their debt through May this year, 11 were energy firms with $ 3.5 billion in outstanding obligations, according to Fitch Ratings Ltd..
Not exact matches
In the days that followed, Argentina would cycle
through four more presidents and
default on debts totaling $ 155 billion.
If you've already
defaulted on your student loan
debt, your best option is to go
through student loan
debt rehabilitation.
Student loan
debt is particularly dangerous, because it usually can not be removed
through bankruptcy, and
defaulting on federal student loans can result in garnishments of federal benefits, including Social Security.
What recourse do I have as I've already spent thousands settling and clearing up my credit report of all
debts that had gone
default prior to buying my home in 2007 and provided documentation for all of the ones paid off but still showing
on my credit report when going
through a federal security clearance investigation for work in 2010.
Some borrowers applying to refinance their student loan
debt with lenders
through the Credible platform have almost shot themselves in the foot by declaring
on their application that they've
defaulted on a loan.
In fiscal year 2015, Education collected about $ 4.5 billion
on defaulted student loan
debt, of which about $ 171 million — less than 10 percent — was collected
through Social Security offsets.
Lots of countries have explicitly
defaulted on large
debts explicitly (Argentina) or implicitly
through inflation (Germany).
A lot depends
on how much
debt will be compromised
through default.
Starting from the bottom: with regard to Argentina — there is no mention of the military junta in the mid-70s, nor the 30,000 (at the least) torture and killed, nor of the mothers and grandmothers walking for 20 or more years in silence protesting the killings in a Bueno Aires plaza, nor is there is mention of the billions of dollars of US military aircraft and other weapons (as well torturing equipment for sending high to low charges of electricity
through various parts of the body (private parts though preferred, as they say), but sold to the junta in power which weighs heavily in the total external
debt, nor of the wholesale and retail sale of government agencies or corporations, and of the rights of water (in the 1990s), and the
default of the government
on various
debts and contracts: 40 or more cases before the courts and ICSID — seems the sanctity of the contract and personalty of the international organization is a barrier to putting an end these very crooked and immoral business transactions, etc..
The Michael Lewis book — published in March 2010 — is a riveting read
on the subprime mortgage crisis and clearly walks the reader
through such cumbersome topics as collateralized
debt obligations and credit
default swaps.