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Credit or Default Risk

Credit, or Default risk is the risk that an issuer of a payment instrument or bond may be unable to make timely payment.  This risk is also called "counterparty risk".

See: Washington Post Dictionary of Finance, or Reuter's Financial Glossary.


Inquiries should be directed to: Mark Dixon, mdixon@ecel.uwa.edu.au,
Faculty of Economics & Commerce,
The University of Western Australia
35 Stirling Highway
Crawley WA 6009
phone: +61 (0)41 382 0071
fax: +61 8 9380 1004.
Page last updated:  01/06/04