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  • Holland: "An Economy On The Brink" (Germany's most important ally in fiscal discipline in crisis)

    04/02/2013 11:29:59 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 12 replies
    Zero Hedge ^ | 04/02/2013 | Tyler Durden
    Infamous for little boys plugging holes with their fingers and grown-ups plugging their mouth with their foot (D-Boom), it seems Holland, Berlin's most important ally in the goal of greater fiscal discipline in Europe, has fallen into an economic crisis itself. As Spiegel reports, the once exemplary economy is suffering from huge debts and a burst real estate bubble, which has stalled growth and endangered jobs.The statistics make for some worrisome reading: no nation in the euro zone is as deeply in debt as the Netherlands, where banks have a total of about €650 billion in mortgage loans on...