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<title>EU Politics Today: Iceland Labour Market &amp; Unemployment News</title>
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<title>Minister Biltgen addresses AMCHAM</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201536234</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 08:53 GMT</pubDate>
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...  slight increase. Before the economic crisis, the unemployment rate was around 4.3%. Of those unemployed,  ...  very important to avoid dismissals. Regarding the Icelandic banks currently under administration, it is too  ...
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<title>NBER&#39;s Anomalous Recession Calls</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201522318</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 06:57 GMT</pubDate>
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...  of -0.2% under Bush, a recession. Maybe unemployment was more of a factor in the  ...  US recession, but a global recession. If Iceland is bankrupt, it must be Bush&#39;s fault.  ...
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<title>Paulson urges China to boost value of yuan </title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201520883</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 06:55 GMT</pubDate>
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...  last month in November to a total unemployed of nearly 3-million unemployed. Australias Reserve Bank  ...  that destroyed banks from Wall Street to Iceland, has piled pressure on policy makers to  ...
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<title>Iceland: The hedge fund</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201501156</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 05:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  system seized up, a senior aide to Iceland&#39;s Prime Minister paid a visit to the  ...  by a stomach-churning 10% in 2009, and unemployment will probably hit a 40-year high. At  ...
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<title>Mortgage squeeze expected to tighten</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201491627</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 03:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  had now been damped by fears of unemployment, he said  a sentiment apparently at  ...  of the bail-out of and the collapsed Icelandic banks. An unintended consequence was that they  ...  fall into arrears as a result of unemployment will not qualify for income support. ...
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<title>Tasks for redesigning capitalism</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201482919</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 01:52 GMT</pubDate>
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...  on in the real economy. Some states (Iceland and Hungary) are clearly bankrupt. Some merely  ...  successful between 1945-1975 (sustained high growth, low unemployment, and no financial crises) - weakened. Through  ...  GDP. As a result, consumption weakened, unsteady employment grew, and unemployment stopped declining. Under such  ...
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<title>Crisis sparks Iceland exodus</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201471300</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 00:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Norway to found Reykjavik, the crisis engulfing Iceland is forcing his descendants home. &quot;There are  ...  and 24 are considering leaving the country, Reykjavik-based newspaper Morgunbladid said, citing a survey of  ...  in front of Reykjavik&#39;s main police station. Unemployment is forecast to rise to 7 percent  ...
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<title>Iceland turns 90 facing grave risks</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201469134</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 00:14 GMT</pubDate>
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... REYKJAVIK: Iceland marked the 90th anniversary of its autonomy  ...  shrinking 10% next year. Construction sites around Reykjavik have been deserted and unemployment is set to soar. Prime Minister Geir  ...
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<title>Time to get in?</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201466909</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 23:53 GMT</pubDate>
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...  growth, in the form of retrenchments, rising unemployment, earnings collapses, earnings disappointments, etcetera. The talk  ...  off more than countries like Hungary or Iceland that were technically bankrupt. Weve pulled back  ...
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<title>Iceland moves to help businesses, eyes debt deals</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201418641</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 18:50 GMT</pubDate>
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... Iceland moves to help businesses, eyes debt deals  ...  deals By Wojciech Moskwa and Omar Valdimarsson REYKJAVIK, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Iceland&#39;s government announced  ...  the crown currency effectively stopped. Long benign unemployment is rising quickly and interest rates are  ...
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<title>Premier&#39;s overreaction</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201389049</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 16:33 GMT</pubDate>
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...  seemingly cause a bank to collapse in Iceland. Far from complaining about affronts to self  ...  of before. The right of residence and employment in as many as 27 countries and  ...
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<title>CORRECTED-TOPWRAP 5-Europe to galvanise banks, Japan helps firms</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201379353</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 15:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  6 percent, in November to a total unemployed of nearly 3 million. Australia&#39;s Reserve Bank  ...  that destroyed banks from Wall Street to Iceland, has piled pressure on policymakers to ramp  ...
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<title>Iceland: The country that became a hedge...</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201376028</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 15:18 GMT</pubDate>
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...  system seized up, a senior aide to Iceland&#39;s Prime Minister paid a visit to the  ...  by a stomach-churning 10% in 2009, and unemployment will probably hit a 40-year high. At  ...
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<title>TOPWRAP 5-Europe looks to galvanise banks, Japan helps firms</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201370038</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 14:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  6 percent, in November to a total unemployed of nearly 3 million. Australia&#39;s Reserve Bank  ...  that destroyed banks from Wall Street to Iceland, has piled pressure on policymakers to ramp  ...
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<title>The country that became a hedge fund</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201368308</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 14:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  system seized up, a senior aide to Iceland&#39;s Prime Minister paid a visit to the  ...  by a stomach-churning 10% in 2009, and unemployment will probably hit a 40-year high. At  ...
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