Monday, February 16, 2015

Sovereign Debt Holdings as a % Assets of European banks

Italy is a much bigger problem for the banksters than Greece.


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  1. Belgium's holdings decreased since 08? Aren't they now the #3 foreign holder of USTs? Did they unload a massive amount of some other country's debt? Something doesn't add up.

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    1. I think you're looking at it backward. The chart shows what percent of the European banks' assets is that of each of the listed countrys' sovereign debt. In the case of Belgium, the banks are holding less of that country's paper now than in 2008.

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  2. Got it, thanks. The circularity of it all gets to me sometimes...

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