At some point, the accumulation of non-payable debt could lead to a banking crisis, or even economic collapse.

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The common tipping point was an accumulation of foreign-currency debt combined with devaluation.

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That does lead the way for a new cycle of long accumulation at some point, but they added, not necessarily right away.

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