OANDA publishes a Eurozone crisis infographic

In line with the latest trend of infographics by brokers and software providers we now have another one by OANDA. This one describes the Sovereign income, debt, and credit - Europe Edition.

Other infographics we published here:

• The Greek Tragedy: Greece's Economic Crisis - by OANDA
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The fixation on Europe’s sovereign debt crisis has inspired us to produce a series of infographics that aim to put eurozone debt into a wider, global context. Each infographic in our series maps out debt size relative to GDP – colored by credit rating and weighted with 10-year Yield Yield A yield is defined as the earnings generated by an investment or security over a particular time period. This is in typically displayed in percentage terms and is in the form of interest or dividends received from it.Yields do not include the price variations, which differentiates it from the total return. As such, a yield applies to various stated rates of return on stocks, fixed income instruments such as bonds, and other types of investment products.Yields can be calculated as a ratio or as a A yield is defined as the earnings generated by an investment or security over a particular time period. This is in typically displayed in percentage terms and is in the form of interest or dividends received from it.Yields do not include the price variations, which differentiates it from the total return. As such, a yield applies to various stated rates of return on stocks, fixed income instruments such as bonds, and other types of investment products.Yields can be calculated as a ratio or as a Read this Term rates – for each major economy within a region.

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