Saturday, February 09, 2008

Americans Aren't The Only Ones Who Like to Borrow Money

Richard Florida (via Curious Capitalist)

Household debt as a percentage of disposable income

  • Denmark 260%
  • Netherlands 246%
  • New Zealand 181%
  • Australia 173%
  • United Kingdom 159%
  • Ireland 141%
  • United States 135%
  • Sweden 134%
  • Japan 132%
  • Canada 126%
  • Germany 107%
  • Spain 107%
  • Finland 89%
  • France 89%
  • Italy 59%

My guess is that the countries with really low levels of household debt are underdeveloped ones. There's something vastly under-appreciated about having well developed capital markets.

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