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    How much debt is too much? Debt-to-GDP ratio trend of the US and China [OC]
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    How much debt is too much? Debt-to-GDP ratio trend of the US and China [OC]

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    1. bobeeflay on

      Jesus that’s china’s *federal* debt too

      Not great for a system built on pushing the debt off to local governments….

    3. SirDripsALot on

      Need a chart that includes chinas provincial debt otherwise it’s apples to oranges.

    4. skoltroll on

      Too much debt is bad.

      Unless, of course, the gov’t that has a lot of it tells us it’s really OK and not a big deal. /s

    5. king_of_the_nothing on

      A country has too much debt when their bonds won’t sell. Or when servicing the debt eats into their revenue so much they have to cut services.

    6. lazyoldsailor on

      I’m curious what the debt to GDP was for the Soviet Union 1980-1991.

    8. KSP_master_ on

      It depends on the interest rate. If it is 0%, then all debt is good. If it is 10%, then even a 50% debt-to-GDP ratio is too high.

    9. Mr_1990s on

      Would be interesting to see this compared to household debt, also. Median household debt is like 131% of median household income.

    10. 3412points on

      Apparently the dollar being the global reserve currency helps America deal with having more debt than everyone else. I’m not entirely sure how this works other than it means everyone is invested in keeping America economically healthy. Anyone able to explain?

    12. ctiger12 on

      The problem now that I see is the huge interest payments that’s like a big portion of the annual budget

    13. ThunderousArgus on

      GOP will bring this back above 130%. They have years to wreck this country, give it time