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Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite

28 November 2016 at 2:35PM

Linton wrote: »

The UK has one of the best records in the world, the government never having defaulted on the debt in hundreds of years.

At the end of the day as an investor means diddly squat. If there's a an equally secure better yielding investment elsewhere.

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Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite

28 November 2016 at 2:37PM

gagahouse wrote: »

where Europe and Asia are net exporters and the Americas is the default importer.

Europe is a very wide generalisation. Remove Germany and the picture looks somewhat bleaker.

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