Fri 29 Feb 2008
And Now For A Moment of Zen…
Posted by Meta-Dad under alert! , fyi , list-o-mania , the good, the bad, and the otherwise , what's going on??
National Account Balance estimates from the CIA World Fact Book (published 12th February 2008)
- 1st: China $363,300,000,000
- 5th: Russia $74,000,000,000
- 14th: Canada $28,460,000,000
- 161st: United Kingdom $-111,000,000,000
- 163rd (last place): United States $-747,100,000,000
Not on this list but notable is Iraq ($7.802 billion - 2007 est.), Iran ($19 billion - 2007 est.) and Cuba (-$750 million - 2007 est.).



March 3rd, 2008 at 10:52 pm
I hear all the time about how the U.S. is in debt, but last place??? Wow.