The uprising in Sri Lanka is underpinned by the government defaulting on their debt, a result of >20% inflation and poor economic output and outlook.

This may only be the beginning of social unrest globally as governments around the world face credit problems.

Bloomberg has a great table showing some key metrics for those nations under considerable credit stress. El Salvador is next in line with a high debt:GDP ratio and default swaps pricing a high risk of incoming default.

Stay tuned.