Countries ranked by current account balance

**ADL Eddie** · 02-25-2008, 03:09 PM

Be more insightful if done as current account balance divided by, say GDP

**Vick!** · 02-25-2008, 03:31 PM

Oh' who is at the end of list?

**shermo** · 02-25-2008, 03:34 PM

Hahaha! the "richest" country is the poorest. Go figure.

**Vendot** · 02-25-2008, 03:34 PM

Surprise sur-fricken prise.... I wasnt expecting the UK to be doing so bad though.

**ADL Colin** · 02-25-2008, 03:36 PM

Originally posted by vendot

Surprise sur-fricken prise.... I wasnt expecting the UK to be doing so bad though.

You thought the UK exported a lot more than it does?

**xroach** · 02-25-2008, 04:09 PM

Originally posted by ADL Eddie

Be more insightful if done as current account balance divided by, say GDP

have at it, the us is still jacked.

**slavdogg** · 02-25-2008, 04:12 PM

wtf does Burma export ?

and 5 of G7 nations are at the very bottom..

**halfpint** · 02-25-2008, 04:16 PM

Lol UK and Usa at the bottom that did suprise me

**pornask** · 02-25-2008, 04:17 PM

Nigeria ranking this high? Fuck... spam must pay off big time. Or are these still left overs from when they had oil?

**slavdogg** · 02-25-2008, 04:32 PM

Originally posted by pornask

Nigeria ranking this high? Fuck... spam must pay off big time. Or are these still left overs from when they had oil?

they stil have a ton of oil
top 5 exporter to US

D · 02-25-2008, 04:35 PM

I once heard an economics professor say that the U.S. debt is at the very heart of our national security program... but, honestly, I forget his specific points....

Maybe it was if we owe everyone money, they're less likely to attack us.

Sounds a bit ass backwards to me.

**slavdogg** · 02-25-2008, 04:40 PM

Originally posted by D

I once heard an economics professor say that the U.S. debt is at the very heart of our national security program... but, honestly, I forget his specific points....

Maybe it was if we owe everyone money, they're less likely to attack us.

Sounds a bit ass backwards to me.

we owe money in a form if tbonds
trillions dollars worth of tbonds
thus countries holding your tbonds will not let these bonds go worthless

**Tempest** · 02-25-2008, 04:41 PM

ha ha ha.. Iraq is at #32 Iran #18

**xroach** · 02-25-2008, 04:44 PM

Originally posted by D

I once heard an economics professor say that the U.S. debt is at the very heart of our national security program... but, honestly, I forget his specific points....

Maybe it was if we owe everyone money, they're less likely to attack us.

Sounds a bit ass backwards to me.

US $ is based on debt. Debt needs to be increased to increase the amount dollars in circulation (decreasing the value of those currently out there). Easiest thing to go into debt for is war. Military industrial gets to use the newly created dollars first, before the inflation resulting in the practice kicks in. Yehaa

**shermo** · 02-25-2008, 04:47 PM

Look on the bright side.. I'm worth a hell of a lot more than the United States as a whole is!!!

**xroach** · 02-25-2008, 04:58 PM

Originally posted by sherm

Look on the bright side.. I'm worth a hell of a lot more than the United States as a whole is!!!

now THAT is fucking funny

**halfpint** · 02-25-2008, 04:59 PM

Originally posted by sherm

Look on the bright side.. I'm worth a hell of a lot more than the United States as a whole is!!!

Countries ranked by current account balance

Countries ranked by current account balance

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