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Tremble, taxpayers

… before this chart from Citi. It shows European bank assets as percentages of their host country’s GDP.

It also goes some way towards explaining why Iceland didn’t come to Kaupthing’s rescue.

Citigroup - European bank assets relative to host country GDP (%)

Related links: 
Europe’s financial fear rankings - FT Alphaville
AIG and an overlevered Europe? - FT Alphaville