41 IMF Bailouts And Counting? How Long Before The System Collapses?
Michael T. Snyder | Jul 07, 2013 02:15AM ET
Broke nations are bailing out other broke nations with borrowed money. Round and round we go - where we stop nobody knows. As of April, "very fragile" .
Portugal had been held up as an example of a bailout country doing all the right things to get its economy back in shape. That reputation is now harder to sustain and even before this latest crisis, the International Monetary Fund reported last month that Lisbon's debt position was "very fragile".
Coming soon after the near-collapse of the Greek government, which has been given until Monday to show it can meet the demands of its own EU-IMF bailout, the euro zone may be on the brink of falling back into full-on crisis.
Right now, Portuguese bond yields are absolutely soaring and the Portuguese economy is rapidly heading into depression.
Portugal is going to desperately need the assistance of the IMF.
But what happens when the nations that primarily fund the IMF start failing themselves?
The U.S. is a complete and total financial disaster and so is Japan. Much of Europe is already experiencing a full-blown economic depression and even China is showing signs of trouble.
So if the "wealthy" nations fail, who is going to be there to help the "poor" nations?
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