Germany finds extra 55bn euros after accounting error (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

Germany has found itself 55bn euros ($78bn; £48bn) richer after discovering an accounting error at Hypo Real Estate (HRE), the troubled bank it nationalised in 2009.

The country now expects its ratio of debt to GDP to be 81.1% for 2011, 2.6 percentage points lower than previously forecast, the finance ministry said.

The miscalculation was at the so-called bad bank of HRE, FMS Wertmanagement.

The discovery was made earlier this month but only announced on Friday.

FMS will contribute about 161bn euros to Germany's debt this year, compared with 216.5bn in 2010.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15503097




Quick! Send those sharp-eyed accountants to the Pentagon!

[postulater]

1. You'd think that many pallets of bills would be hard to overlook

[zbdent]

2. Ask the military ...

they "lost" pallets of $100s during Bush43 ...

[Major Hogwash]

3. Ach du lieber!! Mein gott en himmel!

Das ein los von euros!!
Ein ganz bootlast!!
Ein shiztlast!!