Banking in Belgium

Banking in Belgium, as of 11 October 2008, exhibits an average leverage ratio (assets/net worth) of 33 to 1, while the short-term liabilities of the banks are equivalent to 285% of the Belgian GDP or 367% of its national debt.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/business/worldbusiness/11charts.html|title=The World’s Banks Could Prove Too Big to Fail — or to Rescue|last=Norris|first=Floyd|date=2008-10-10|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-08-30|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}