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To me, these are unsupported numbers that are open to wide interpretation, therefore being meaningless. What do you think?
Here are some questions I have when I attempt to interpret the data.
EDIT: it is difficult to link to an https:// site.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publication...world-factbook/rankorder/2187rank.html
To me, these are unsupported numbers that are open to wide interpretation, therefore being meaningless. What do you think?
Here are some questions I have when I attempt to interpret the data.
- How does this data account for population size?
- How does this data account for retirement plans?
- Where do the negative values come from? What is excluded? (personal debt, mortgage debt, credit card debt, ... )
- Is this data related to personal or corporate money flow?
- Does this data imply strength or weakness in any country's economy?
- Does the US position with the largest negative value imply the US economy is failing?
- Is it better to be at the extreme edges of the data or closer to a balanced zero value?
EDIT: it is difficult to link to an https:// site.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publication...world-factbook/rankorder/2187rank.html