>>>>>>>I had no idea - amazing
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>>>>>>>http://www.marketwatch.com/story/stodgy-netherlands-is-nation-thatll-blow-up-euro-2013-05-08
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>>>>>>Odd that it retains the triple A rating when the UK does not. Must be other factors at work.......
>>>>>
>>>>>Where's Walter when you need him. He'll tell you its British propaganda to stave off their own evils.... that there is nothing wrong ...
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>>>>Maybe U.S. propaganda - the article was from WSJ
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>>>Another US news org shows Ireland as #1 and Netherlands as #4 (don't know the date - it may have changed):
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>>>http://www.cnbc.com/id/30308959/page/21
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>>>Then I clicked around and noticed different lists by external debt, public debt, etc and the list seems to change each year.
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>>Hmm - and UK at No. 2 !
>>But I was looking for figures on consumer/household debt specifically because those were the figures quoted in the original article....
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>I could only find 2012 numbers so far and interestingly, UK is at #1! That surprises me:
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>http://www.economicsinpictures.com/2012/02/household-debt-as-percentage-of-gdp.html
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>I thought that given the current economic situation and those without jobs using up their credit would put the U.S. at the top.

Don't worry we've got plenty of people here without jobs and underemployed using up their credit.