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The Debt and the Deficit in Historical Perspective...

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The Debt and the Deficit in Historical Perspective... Debt-to-GDP Graphs: Note: Debt held by the public, excluding debt held by the Federal Reserve.

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Change in Truly-Public-Held Federal Debt, Divided by GDP Note: Not the change in the debt-to-GDP ratio; rather, the change in debt, then scaled by GDP.

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Comments Reinhart and Rogoff (2008) survey a number of banking crises in developed countries and find that the outstanding government debt increases by an average of 86% (I think that's in the five years after the crisis.) Just wondering why no one else compares the projections to what happens in other major banking crises. Posted by: Simon van Norden | June 11, 2009 at 05:57 PM Wars seem to figure greatly in these graphs. Posted by: Uncle Billy Vs. Mont Pelerin | June 11, 2009 at 10:46 PM "Truly" meaning what? Posted by: Neal | June 12, 2009 at 06:16 AM

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