PIGS (English, name)
expansion: PIGS
Senses:
topics: economics
sciences
qualifier: widely considered derogatory; during the 1990s; during the 1990s
glosses: Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain, countries of Southern Europe noted for similar economic environments.
topics: economics
sciences
qualifier: widely considered derogatory; during the European debt crisis; during the European debt crisis
glosses: Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain, four countries that were unable to refinance their government debt or to bail out over-indebted banks on their own.
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