Chart: New Zealand Banks Asset Quality and Public Debt

The following are two charts showing New Zealand banks’ Asset quality and the ratio of  public debt as a percentage of GDP. The big 4 banks delinquent by 90 days loans is less than 0.5% of total loans. New Zealand has a very low outstanding public debt of about 20% of GDP. New Zealand Banks …

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Update: The Callan Periodic Table

The Callan Periodic Table of Investment Returns from Callan Associates is widely used by investors to compare performance of various market indices. Recently I found the Callan Chart that lists the Best and Worst Performing Indices from 1985 to 2004. To access this chart click on the image below:Callan Chart Annual Returns – The Best …

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Charts: Economic Crisis Impact of East Asia and Pacific Countries

This month, World Bank released the “Battling the forces of global recession” , an economic update for the East Asia and Pacific Region report. The following are some interesting charts from this report that show the effects of the current global recession on these countries : 1. Industrial Production Taiwan is the worst affected country …

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