October 27, 2008
Brazil Fifth Largest Lender to the US. Who Knew?
From the folks at mint.com comes this interesting graphic demonstration of how much the US owes, and to whom. Brazil is number five, right after OPEC.
Speaking of OPEC, read the part about two "Axis of Evil" nations being on the list of lenders to the US. Scary.
Speaking of OPEC, read the part about two "Axis of Evil" nations being on the list of lenders to the US. Scary.
Below are the top seven foreign lenders, visualized as credit cards, while the image at the top shows the total of foreign lending. All numbers have been brought down to the U.S. median household scale. Just imagine your household with these balances and you will have a better perspective on just how large these debts really are.
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Posted by Andrew on October 27, 2008 9:51 PM.
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