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Reader Kenneth from Stockholm, Sweden informs me that Sweden is Officially in Deflation . Current Inflation Rate In February 2013, CPI inflation (measured as the annual change in the consumer price index) stood at -0.2 per cent (-0.0 per cent in January 2013)
I have the answer: Obama’s transparency is Where the Sun Don’t Shine .
Via Google Translate, El Economista reports Spain’s Budget Deficit Grew by 35.4% in January to 1.2% of GDP . The government deficit in terms of national accounts in January reached 12.729 billion euros, equivalent to 1.2% of GDP, representing an increase of 35.4% over January 2012.
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Bloomberg reports Japan Machinery Orders Fall 13% in Sign of Limits on Investment . The decline from the previous month, announced by the Cabinet Office today in Tokyo, compared with the median estimate in a Bloomberg News survey of 26 economists for a 1.7 percent fall.
As reported by Yahoo! Fiance ,Roubini stated ECB must cut rates or risk crisis again The bank would act eventually to avoid the recession getting worse, but risked doing "too little, too late," Roubini said in an interview with CNN’s Nina dos Santos. "They have to cut the policy rate, they have to stimulate the economy, they have to try to weaken the value of the euro," said Roubini, who was credited with predicting the financial crisis of 2008. "The euro should be 10, 20 or even 30% weaker to restore the competitiveness of the [eurozone] periphery," Roubini said
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Please consider Dutch support EU referendum Dutch lawmakers have been forced to debate a referendum on any further transfers of power to the EU after a citizens’ petition demanding a plebiscite garnered 40,000 signatures in two weeks. Although parliament is not obliged to follow through with legislation, the move underlines the surge euroscepticism in one of the EU’s founding members, which could pose an obstacle to any further integration needed to bolster the eurozone.