Debt swap
	• A set of transactions (also called a debt-equity swap) in which a firm buys a country's dollar bank debt at a discount and swaps this debt with the central bank for local currency that it can use to acquire local equity.
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	Currency Debt Discount Equity swap Equity Firm Local
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	Amortizing interest rate swap Asset for asset swap Asset swap Basis swap Circus swap Cost of debt Cost of long term debt Coupon swap Cross currency swap Currency swap Debt Debt capacity Debt capital Debt covenants Debt displacement Debt due Debt equity ratio Debt financing Debt instrument Debt leverage Debt limit Debt limitation Debt market Debt ratio Debt relief Debt securities Debt security Debt service Debt service coverage ratio Debt service parity approach Debt to capital ratio Debt to equity ratio Differential swap Equity swap Extension swap Firm's net value of debt Foreign exchange swap Funded debt Interest rate on debt Interest rate swap Junior debt subordinate debt Liability swap Long term debt Long term debt ratio Long term debt to capitalization Long term debt to equity ratio Original issue discount debt oid debt Pure yield pickup swap Quanto swap Secured debt Senior debt Short term debt Standard debt provisions Stock swap transaction Structured debt Subordinated debt Substitution swap Swap Swap assignment Swap buy back Swap commodity Swap currency Swap equity Swap interest rate Swap option Swap rate Swap reversal Swap sale Tax swap The imm swap Total debt Total debt to equity ratio Total debt to total assets Toxic waste swap Trade debt Unfunded debt Unsecured debt

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