Comments on: Debts and deficits: stocks and flows http://www.debtonation.org/2009/12/debts-and-deficits-stocks-and-flows/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:39:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: stock picking http://www.debtonation.org/2009/12/debts-and-deficits-stocks-and-flows/comment-page-1/#comment-2028 stock picking Mon, 02 Aug 2010 07:14:42 +0000 http://debtonation.org/?p=3185#comment-2028 Yes it really annoys me when they keep saying refering to 'pay down the deficit'. This is incorrect. You mean you are borrowing less than before. Yes it really annoys me when they keep saying refering to ‘pay down the deficit’. This is incorrect. You mean you are borrowing less than before.

]]> By: ann http://www.debtonation.org/2009/12/debts-and-deficits-stocks-and-flows/comment-page-1/#comment-1443 ann Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:30:27 +0000 http://debtonation.org/?p=3185#comment-1443 Jo, thanks for this...According to the HM Treasury the stock of debt right now is about 55% of GDP. Due to rise to 70%. You will see from the chart how that compares with earlier periods (and yes the numbers are comparable....the Treasury has been careful.) No, its not several multiples of GDP - its only 55% of GDP. Ann Jo, thanks for this…According to the HM Treasury the stock of debt right now is about 55% of GDP. Due to rise

to 70%. You will see from the chart how that compares with earlier periods (and yes the numbers are comparable….the Treasury has been careful.)

No, its not several multiples of GDP – its only 55% of GDP.

Ann

]]> By: Jo Jordan http://www.debtonation.org/2009/12/debts-and-deficits-stocks-and-flows/comment-page-1/#comment-1442 Jo Jordan Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:03:07 +0000 http://debtonation.org/?p=3185#comment-1442 I take it you are suggesting that the stock (mortgage outstanding) is low compared to other periods of crisis? My question is how much has the structure and reporting of debt changed since those earlier periods. How much debt is there owed by UK to other countries or in international markets? What is in the Bank of England's books? What is owed by commercial banks and backed up by we the people and/or the government? What is off balance sheet - PFI I think it is called? The total amount is nearer to several multiples of GDP, isn't? How does that compare with earlier crises? My thinking is that it is this figure that tells us how much strain the country is under. The government debt in those terms is like the petty cash box, isn't? Do educate me! I take it you are suggesting that the stock (mortgage outstanding) is low compared to other periods of

crisis?

My question is how much has the structure and reporting of debt changed since those earlier periods.

How much debt is there

owed by UK to other countries or in international markets?

What is in the Bank of England’s books?
What is owed by commercial banks and

backed up by we the people and/or the government?
What is off balance sheet – PFI I think it is called?

The total amount is nearer to

several multiples of GDP, isn’t? How does that compare with earlier crises?

My thinking is that it is this figure that tells us how much

strain the country is under. The government debt in those terms is like the petty cash box, isn’t? Do educate me!

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