March 10, 2013
France Postpones Austerity and Deficit Targets for Rest of 2013
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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.
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Read the article: Jobs +236,000, Unemployment Rate 7.7%, Part-Time Employment +446,000
ExtremeTech reports Microsoft cuts the price of Windows 8 and Office 2013 .
Link: What’s Next for Italy? No Working Government for 7 Months, Then Elections in September
Wired reports 11 Years Later, Senate Wakes Up to War on Terror’s ‘Battlefield America’ Sen.
The Markit Eurozone Composite PMI Final Data shows the Eurozone downturn accelerates . Key Points: Final Eurozone Composite Output Index: 47.9 (Flash 47.3, January 48.6) Final Eurozone Services Business Activity Index: 47.9 (Flash 47.3, January 48.6) At 47.9 in February, the Markit Eurozone PMI® Composite Output Index came in above the earlier flash estimate of 47.3 but remained down on January’s reading of 48.6. The index therefore signalled a steepening of the downturn in business activity, contrasting with the easing trend which had been evident in the three months to January
European bulls lauding the message “the worst is behind” received another dose of reality today. Data shows German car sales plunge as Europe’s auto crisis deepens . New car sales in Germany fell by more than 10 percent year-on-year in February, signaling the crisis for Europe’s auto makers is deepening as recession-hit consumers curb spending.
Haruhiko Kuroda (Abe’s nominee to head Japan’s central bank) pledges to do Whatever Needed to Combat Japan Deflation .