Country Exposure Lending Survey

When you were a kid and refusing to eat this or that vegetable, your parents told you there were starving children in other nations who would have given anything to eat your food. Being a snot-nosed jerk, you asked which nation you could send your Brussel sprouts to.

In finance, lending institutions are wondering what nations they should lend money to based on geopolitical, financial, and social issues on the ground. One of the most popular ways to assess lending risks and opportunities in the financial space has been the Country Exposure Lending Survey.

This survey provides an up-to-date glimpse of what nations are receiving loans from financial institutions. The index provides data on loans in more than 190 nations, explains whether recipients are public or private, and discusses issues related to maturity, location, and currencies.