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Oct 23 2008 3:06pm EDT

Chart of the Day: Bailouts Around the World

From BNP Paribas, a list of countries and the size of their bailout packages relative to GDP:

GlobalBailout.gifThe above chart doesn't reflect measures taken by the Fed.

Bailout packages mostly involve either capital injections, guarantees on newly issued debt, or deposit guarantees. The following table shows which country uses which combination:

COUNTRYCAPITAL
INJECTION
DEBT
GUARANTEE
DEPOSIT
GUARANTEE*
Austriaxxx
Belgiumxxx
Denmarkxxx
Germanyxxx
Greecexxx
Netherlandsxxx
UKxxx
USxxx
Cyprusxx
Luxembourgxx
Russiax
Australiaxx
Francexx
Irelandxx
Italyxx
Portugalxx
Sloveniaxx
Spainxx
Switzerlandxx
South Koreax
Bulgariax
Czech Repub.x
Finlandx
Hungaryx
Lithuaniax
New Zealandx
Polandx
Romaniax
Slovak Repub.x
Swedenx
* Either expansion or introduction of deposit guarantee


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