Posts Tagged ‘Portugal’
Mittwoch, 22. Juni 2011
Die Stunde der Steuerzahler
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the State, as a borrower, has a nearly inexhaustible form of collateral: the taxpayer. It’s the taxpayer that guarantees interest payments on government debt will always be met, and principal always repaid.
Quelle: The Big Fall Harder
Tags: EU, Euro, Finanzkrise, Griechenland, Irland, PIGS, PIIGS, Portugal, Schuldenkrise, Spanien
Labels: Wirtschaft
Donnerstag, 11. Februar 2010
Neuestes Mitglied der PIIGS: USA!
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It won’t take investors long to figure out that there isn’t a whole lot of difference between Greece’s finances and those of the US. Each has about the same amount of debt and the same size deficit, relative to GDP. The big difference is that the US ultimately controls the currency in which its debt is calibrated. Greece does not. Neither does California.
Quelle: USA Has Fives Times As Much Sovereign Debt As All the PIIGS Put Together
Tags: Finanzkrise, Griechenland, Irland, Italien, Portugal, Spanien, Weltgeschehen, Wirtschaftskrise
Labels: USA, Wirtschaft