The Cost of the Financial Meltdown

I was reading some news and came across this interesting interactive chart.

The cost of the financial meltdown: Deficits and spending

It lets you see budget surplus, deficit and stimulus plans for the countries around the world in a nice graphical format.

Be warned…

The large orange circles can get a bit scary…

for 2009 in the U.S. deficit = -13.5% (pretty large orange circle)