>>>>>>>I had no idea - amazing >>>>>>> >>>>>>>http://www.marketwatch.com/story/stodgy-netherlands-is-nation-thatll-blow-up-euro-2013-05-08 >>>>>> >>>>>>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 ... >>>> >>>>Maybe U.S. propaganda - the article was from WSJ >>> >>>Another US news org shows Ireland as #1 and Netherlands as #4 (don't know the date - it may have changed): >>> >>>http://www.cnbc.com/id/30308959/page/21 >>> >>>Then I clicked around and noticed different lists by external debt, public debt, etc and the list seems to change each year. >> >>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.... > >I could only find 2012 numbers so far and interestingly, UK is at #1! That surprises me: > >http://www.economicsinpictures.com/2012/02/household-debt-as-percentage-of-gdp.html > >I thought that given the current economic situation and those without jobs using up their credit would put the U.S. at the top.