PIIGS

"The term PIIGS has been coined to refer collectively to Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece, and

American Thinker 2010

In the very second that the acronym PIIGS tripped off the tongue of a Barclays Bank employee, who was, cynically, believed to have previously earned his money at Lehman Brothers, it was clear to journalists that absolutely nothing had been understood by the banks.

The Financial Industry Continues to Ignore the Need for Reliable Answers Roland Schatz 2011

The weakest links in the Eurozone chain are known as the PIIGS.

Sheldon Filger: Portugal Faces Severe Fiscal and Economic Crisis As Eurozone Sovereign Debt Fears Grow Sheldon Filger 2011

The weakest links in the Eurozone chain are known as the PIIGS.

Sheldon Filger: Portugal Faces Severe Fiscal and Economic Crisis As Eurozone Sovereign Debt Fears Grow Sheldon Filger 2011

First there was Greece, and then the rest of what at first were called the PIIGS, but now, in a spate of political correctness, are called the GIIPS.

NYT > Home Page By FLOYD NORRIS 2011

First there was Greece, and then the rest of what at first were called the PIIGS, but now, in a spate of political correctness, are called the GIIPS.

NYT > Global Home By FLOYD NORRIS 2011

Aside from Greece, fallout from other troubled sovereigns that make up the acronym PIIGS

Safehaven Reggie Middleton 2010

Aside from Greece, fallout from other troubled sovereigns that make up the acronym PIIGS

Safehaven Reggie Middleton 2010

A year ago, credit downgrades and concern the nation would be unable to curb its budget gap prompted investors to include the country in a group they called PIIGS, for Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain.

Bloomberg 2010

A year ago, credit downgrades and concern the nation would be unable to curb its budget gap prompted investors to include the country in a group they called PIIGS, for Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain.

Bloomberg 2010