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Amid the slowdown, he said, overindebted countries can't make moves they normally would, such as borrowing, to cutting taxes or increasing spending.

U.K. Leader Encourages Optimism Despite Woes

But deflation is such a terrible risk for an economy as overindebted as the U.K.'s that, given the MPC will get it wrong, it's worth getting it wrong with too much rather than too little inflation.

Complacent Investors Could be Jolted by an Early BOE Interest-Rate Rise

Thanks to exposure to public-sector customers in the U.S. and Europe, Dell also looks vulnerable to cutbacks by overindebted governments.

Dell Gets Flooded With More Challenges

Yet there is no plan to create euro bonds backed by a properly funded central authority able to make fiscal transfers to overindebted regions.

The Pitfalls of Merkozy's Third Way

The president of Germany's Bundesbank, the very able Axel Weber, resigned last spring because he did not support the policy of buying long-term debt of overindebted countries.

Leave the Euro to the PIGS

When the inevitable failure of overindebted euro-zone countries came to light, a secret pact was made.

Why I Won't Support More Bailouts

Help for overindebted households and those with "underwater" mortgages also needs to be more effective.

Our Economic Woes Need a Long-Term Fix

Governments, like corporations, are never overindebted until one day the market decides that they are.

Borrowing More at Lower Rates Is No Deficit Solution

The overindebted U.S. faces a balance-sheet recession.

Slow Growth Doesn't Mean a Fast Fed

But the events of recent days are a troubling reminder for investors that, on both sides of the Atlantic, overindebted governments are themselves becoming the biggest threat to markets.

The Curse of the Triple-A Rating Is Still Haunting the U.S.