What Mexico and Australia Have In Common With Illinois And Ohio

I first saw this graphic in early 2007, courtesy of Barry Ritholtz. I had always meant to include it here along with some commentary, but forgot about it. How timely that Greg Swann sent it my way this weekend. I've been talking so much about the simulateously sagging and strong U.S. economy and I forgot to put our economy in a global context. As 27 percent of the world's economy, we're large. What you are looking at above is a...

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[Source: The Mortgage Reports Blog]