In countries that cannot issue debt in their own currency (traditionally emerging-market economies), or that issue debt in their own currency but cannot independently print money (as in the euro zone), unsustainable fiscal deficits often lead to a credit crisis, a sovereign default, or other coercive form of public-debt restructuring.
在那些不能以本币发债的国家（通常是新兴市场经济体）和那些虽能以本币发债却不能独立发行货币的国家（例如欧元区国家），不可持续的财政赤字常常会导致信贷危机、主权违约以及其他强制性的公债重组。