That's gross debt, not net debt; but it's the equivalent of balancing two squirming elephants instead of two oranges. Thank you, banks.
Data from: Graham Summers, Phoenix Capital Research.
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Hi Sack
Where did you get the chart from? I can believe that Ireland, Greece, Portugal and Spain should be at their worst but only Ireland shows up.
The UK may have a problem, but is it that bad? I think who ever drew up the chart was smoking something.
Where did you get the chart from? I can't believe that Ireland, Greece, Portugal and Spain should be at their worst but only Ireland shows up.
The UK may have a problem, but is it that bad? I think who ever drew up the chart was smoking something.
Hi, Jim!
I made the chart myself, and I don't smoke (anything). It's based on the info in the link below the chart.
This is GROSS debt, so like with derivatives, you could argue so what, look at the overall balance of money in and money out; but as with derivatives, the sheer scale of the operations is such that a hiccup in the system could be very disruptive. Hence my analogy of juggling elephants instead of oranges.
Look at Max Keiser's latest interview with a British Government minister (second half of vid):
http://youtu.be/msoORfsXQpc
The UK is comprehensively stuffed (our term for it). Max's guest pretty much admits that we're enslaved to the Big Four banks and the City of London. You Americans have 8,100 banks that can take over if and when your mega-criminals collapse. Matter of fact, I've been wondering what would happen if the US reissued the dollar in a new form and didn't replace all the ones held offshore.
Correction: you have 7,657 banks:
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/cats/banking_finance_insurance/banks_savings_institutions_credit_unions.html
Sackerson,
I am a tad confused. I thought that the total debt to GDP of the UK was around 500% (graph here: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZIvs6y8bai4/T7FbEbrq7mI/AAAAAAAAAGg/8xSiKYfJ188/s1600/worldwide+debt+by+countries.jpg). I am certain I am misunderstanding this as I am no economist or financial expert, but I do agree with you on Gold - hold physical hold, and don't wait until the bottom of the market to see like GB did:)
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Hi, Bill. There's the total debt in the economy - and I understand your figure is correct - but here it's about debt owed by the banks (not adjusted for debts to them). So many ways to measure and define debt, and some of them desogned, I suspect, to give us false and misleading reassurance.
Gold - wish it wasn't so expensive. I don't want to make a killing - too late for that - but just hold onto what we've got.
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