very surprised to hear on the BBC this morning the answer to the question 'what's the next Eurozone country causing most concern' - Austria!
Had smugly thought to be more insulated here than most places, but problem seems to be Hungary is going down the tubes, and the Austrian banks lent there massively. Just shows, even if a country itself isn't doing reckless borrowing, it's banks can still manage to do reckless lending. Though I predict again the top sport of 2012 to be can-down-road(or strasse) kicking. Maybe culminating in a final round of bucket kicking.
Though relevant to point out that all Eurozone countries are judged to have benefitted from the common currency (at least until the crisis) and Austria itself was one of the biggest winners
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/business/news/article_1684804.php/Austria-and-Finland-biggest-winners-from-euro-study-shows
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