Irish Banks: 139th out of 139 for soundness

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canicemcavoy

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http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0909/competitiveness.html

A gobsmacking result:

 
Reread it:
Overall, Ireland has fallen four places to 29th in the 2010-11 report, dragged down by low rankings in the financial markets category.
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They must have a very low weight on the 'soundness' value when calculating the over all value.
 
Here's an interactive version of the report:

http://gcr.weforum.org/

There's a huge range of factors (education, health, telecommunications) so no one factor would sway the overall result that much even if it's as abymal as the banking result. For example, it's a relief that we are still at a top ranking with our incidence of malaria; I imagine even the current government could not affect that much although having said that, Mary Coughlan has never been given the Health portfolio.

Noticeable, all of the lowest rankings are related to the banks/finance:

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canicemcavoy said:
For example, it's a relief that we are still at a top ranking with our incidence of malaria; I imagine even the current government could not affect that much although having said that, Mary Coughlan has never been given the Health portfolio.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA


And here for some more dire rankings:
Government Budget Balance: 130
National Savings Rate: 119
Government Debt: 112
 
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