The Guardian is now making all of the data it uses in its stories available for free online. You can browse their data on subjects as wide ranging as imports and exports of plastic bags, reported amounts of exercise, and the best selling singles of 2008 at their Data Store. As one example, I’ve pasted in 20 government financial bail outs as a percentage of their GDP:
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gem — March 17, 2009
Wow -- Canada at number 3 while we're supposed to have one of the safest and best banking systems in the world. Indeed, Canada banks have been showcasing great profits this year. (see https://secure.gacollege411.org/FinAid/ScholarshipsAndGrants/accel.asp)
I don't know whether our banks actually got a bailout as the researchers of this table indicate or whether they're counting something else.
gem — March 17, 2009
Oops, wrong URL. It's
http://ca.news.finance.yahoo.com/s/25022009/6/finance-td-bank-profit-falls-tops-forecasts.html
OP Minded — March 18, 2009
Ireland will end up MUCH higher than that, and where is Iceland?