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Greek Economy Shrinks

Posted Sep 8th 2010 11:20AM by Connie Madon (RSS feed)
Filed under: International Markets, Economic Data, Recession

U.S. markets sold off Tuesday amid fears of European debt defaults. On Wednesday, news that Greece's economy shrank by 1.8% in the second quarter didn't help ease those concerns.

Back in June, Greece was the center of a potential default crisis. The European Central Bank was forced to provide the member country with $140 billion in bailout funds. The bailout was orchestrated with the International Monetary Fund. Under the terms of the agreement, Greece was forced to impose austerity measures such as cutting public sector expenditures.

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EU Is Not the United States of Europe

Posted Mar 18th 2010 12:00PM by Sheldon Liber (RSS feed)
Filed under: International Markets, Rants and Raves, Politics, Currency

California has a huge deficit and will not be going to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for financial assistance. This is true of a dozen other states as well.

The European Union, which was established to compete with the economic clout of the United States, is looking like the European Dis-Union (EDU) -- currently "dissing" on the state of Greece. This EDU is a far cry from the good 'ol USA, which has plenty of economic and social strife of its own, but even under the most stressful times has demonstrated it takes care of its own.

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