Patriotic Belgians buy €5.7bn of bonds

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Article reported that Belgium found a novel source to finance its public debt: its own citizens. Over the course of 10 days ending on the 2 December 2011, Belgians purchased €5.7bn of bonds in a special issue targeted at retail investors, effectively lending €520 per inhabitant to their government.

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