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As expected in this quarter (but not by economists) eurozone economies contracted at the sharpest rates in four years with Germany, France, and Italy falling short of consensus estimates. The eurozone consensus was .4%. The 17-nation bloc shrank at .6% quarter-on-quarter while the broader 27-nation bloc shrank .5% quarter-on-quarter.
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Common Plans, Coordinated Lies, and G7 Currency Statements Inquiring minds are investigating an amusing set of lies from the G7. At the top of the list is Group of 7 Will Let Market Decide Currency Values . Seven major developed countries including the United States and Germany pledged on Tuesday to let foreign exchange markets determine the value of their currencies
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Please consider a repost of Quinn’s Illinois: regulations and cronyism crush entrepreneurship by Ben VanMetre. In Gov. Pat Quinn’s State of the State address , he said, “In our Illinois, small business means big business
Spain’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is 26.6% according to Eurostat data as mapped by Google. The BBC reports Youth unemployment is a record 55% . Deficit Targets Missed Again and Again Spain was supposed to reduce its deficit to 6.3% by the end of 2012.
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