25% of Britains GDP slowly being poured down the drain ...

[ajohn]

Whoops forgot to mention a countries foreign currency reserves as well.

While it's nice to trivialise things based on headline figures it's seldom that simple.

 

[ajohn]

European Union Foreign Exchange Reserves was measured at 315.6 USD bn in Jan 2021, compared with 315.4 USD bn in the previous month. EU Foreign Exchange Reserves: USD mn data is updated monthly, available from Dec 1999 to Jan 2021. The data reached an all-time high of 315.6 USD bn in Jan 2021