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Here comes the currency collapse

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    #11
    Originally posted by VectraMan View Post
    Thank God we didn't join the Euro back when it was ~1.6 Euros to the pound. We'd be really screwed now if we had.
    So that whole "stick with the Pound" debate was not about sovereignty then?
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      #12
      Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
      http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8266266.stm

      Thank god money doesn't bring you happiness or I'd be miserable now.
      Currebcy collapse is a good thing. It will bring us of of the coming depression sooner than other countries.

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        #13
        Originally posted by chef View Post
        resident, live and work
        the little debt I have is in GBP
        Don't be too smug, chef. The current account deficit is effectively how big an overdraft a country has. Here's the listings of the cumulative debt that the UK owes all other countries. Germany doesn't come out so great on this measure although the UK is obviously in dire straits should johnny foreigner ask for his money back.

        https://www.cia.gov/library/publicat...tryName=United Kingdom&countryCode=uk&regionCode=eu&rank=2#uk

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          #14
          Why does this have happen after i've cleared all my student debt and managed to mass a decent amount of cash?

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            #15
            Originally posted by mace View Post
            Don't be too smug, chef. The current account deficit is effectively how big an overdraft a country has. Here's the listings of the cumulative debt that the UK owes all other countries. Germany doesn't come out so great on this measure although the UK is obviously in dire straits should johnny foreigner ask for his money back.

            https://www.cia.gov/library/publicat...e=eu&rank=2#uk
            Fixed the URL for you.
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              #16
              Originally posted by Sysman View Post
              Fixed the URL for you.
              Hmm, $9,170,000,000,000 (9 trillion $). Does anyone owe us anything?

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                #17
                Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
                Hmm, $9,170,000,000,000 (9 trillion $). Does anyone owe us anything?
                How many people are you? 60.000.000? What will be 152833 $ plus interest form each one of you.

                Do you wish to pay in 3 easy installments?



                Compared to the US you are nuts they only have 45466 $ per head

                Good luck! You need it.
                Last edited by ThomasSoerensen; 21 September 2009, 14:53.
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