The most indebted country in the world

And 'the United Kingdom, the world champion of debt


The graph of the Morgan Stanley report on global debt / GDP published by the site BusinessInsider

The ' England is the state most indebted in the world. The ratio debt / GDP , in fact, now stands at 900% . At some distance there are the Japanese (a little over 600%), the Swedish (around 450%) and, thereafter, Norway, Switzerland, United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. This was revealed by a recent study by Morgan Stanley published by BusinessInsider , which is a calculation of debt much larger than that usually used for classification of this type. The U.S. investment bank has not been limited to include in the report that the debt States have built up to cover operating expenses. In this indicator, in fact, researchers have added three more financial debt , that is what the contract by financial institutions such as banks, to non-financial , which is part of the business and the household debt , which weighs on individuals. "Consider in particular the financial debt is also important - says Gianluigi Cesano , macroeconomic analyst of the study G2C and lecturer at the ' High School Finance of Turin - this area because if you have any problems, it is inevitable that the state be in charge of that burden, since this area at the base of the economic system. " entering into the merits of the results, Cesano notes that "the study of Morgan Stanley highlights the state of sieve which pays the ' economy of the United Kingdom . " The relationship between the debt in the longer version and GDP, equal to 900%, the analyst points out that "the most important part is..... more
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