A lot of the volatility witnessed across global stock markets thus far in 2015 can be attributed to the ongoing soap opera involving Greece, the European Union (EU) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Greece, arguably the most notorious of the P.I.I.G.S. (i.e., Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain) countries, has been confronting a mountain of debt issues — currently estimated at 320 billion euros — within the country for years. If that number is not staggering enough, consider these other economic statistics plaguing the country of Greece.

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