Congress may be unable to come to any kind of agreement on raising the debt ceiling and curbing the deficit, but at least the US has a functioning government. That鈥檚 more than Belgium can say. It has been without a government for more than a year now 鈥� a big obstacle to doing anything about its public debt, which was at 97 percent of its GDP in April. It is difficult to reduce the deficit when there is no government to vote on a budget.
Belgium is the eurozone鈥檚 sixth-largest economy and , according to Bloomberg.
