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As US Debt To GDP Passes 101%, The Global Debt Ponzi Enters Its Final Stages
ZeroHedge ^ | 2/21/12 | Tyler Durden

Posted on 02/21/2012 5:00:58 PM PST by Kartographer

Today, without much fanfare, US debt to GDP hit 101% with the latest issuance of $32 billion in 2 Year Bonds. If the moment when this ratio went from double to triple digits is still fresh in readers minds, is because it is: total debt hit and surpassed the most recently revised Q4 GDP on January 30, or just three weeks ago. Said otherwise, it has taken the US 21 days to add a full percentage point to this most critical of debt sustainability ratios: but fear not, with just under $1 trillion in new debt issuance on deck in the next 9 months, we will be at 110% in no time. Still, this trend made us curious to see who has been buying (and selling) US debt over the past year. The results are somewhat surprising. As the chart below, which highlights some of the biggest and most notable holders of US paper, shows, in the period December 31, 2010 to December 31, 2011, there have been two very distinct shifts: those who are going all in on the ponzi, and those who are gradually shifting away from the greenback, and just as quietly, and without much fanfare of their own, reinvesting their trade surplus in something distinctly other than US paper. The latter two: China and Russia, as we have noted in the past. Yet these are more than offset by... well, we'll let the readers look at the chart below based on TIC data and figure out it.

(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government
KEYWORDS: debt; usdebt

1 posted on 02/21/2012 5:01:04 PM PST by Kartographer
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To: Kartographer

We are, in a word, bankrupt.


2 posted on 02/21/2012 5:10:04 PM PST by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Kartographer

At this moment, I look forward to the currently rich Washington DC suburbs achieving the same level of prosperity as Detroit.


3 posted on 02/21/2012 5:11:47 PM PST by Jacquerie (No court will save us from ourselves.)
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To: ought-six
But ... what if we were to borrow money and invest it? In, like, roads and bridges? Schools? Health care? Green technology?

If we did that ... then we'd be OK, right?

4 posted on 02/21/2012 5:13:38 PM PST by ClearCase_guy ("And the public gets what the public wants" -- The Jam)
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To: Kartographer

Don’t worry, we’ll have a good auction for the March 14th 30 year bonds due to a flight to quality. Nothing to see here, folks, move along.


5 posted on 02/21/2012 5:43:07 PM PST by jdsteel (Give me freedom, not more government.)
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To: Kartographer

“In the long run, we are all dead.” ~~J.M. Keynes

He died long ago, and we are left holding his empty bag, which is about to explode in our faces, to mix a few metaphors.


6 posted on 02/21/2012 5:59:17 PM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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7 posted on 02/21/2012 6:46:38 PM PST by RedMDer (Forward With Confidence!)
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To: Kartographer
Bernanke's Printing Press ...


8 posted on 02/21/2012 7:41:03 PM PST by Neidermeyer
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Bernanke's Printing Press ...


9 posted on 02/21/2012 7:41:31 PM PST by Neidermeyer
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To: ClearCase_guy

You forgot the sarcasm tag, right?


10 posted on 02/22/2012 4:48:45 PM PST by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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