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<title>EU Politics Today: Iceland Public Finances News</title>
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<title>Should Britain now consider joining the European single currency?</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201690852</link>
<pubDate>4 Dec 2008 00:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Even as things stand, the levels of public debt now being planned will place a considerable  ...  European nations, notably Germany, have run their public finances more prudently than the UK they now  ...  our dour European partners for assistance. Even Iceland hasn&#39;t had to join the euro. What  ...
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<title>European stocks fall; PIMCO bond fund founder says stocks may not be as cheap as they appear</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201548999</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 10:13 GMT</pubDate>
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...  they confirm a further deterioration in the public finances, with tax receipts having been vastly underestimated,  ...  impairment hit, including 27m in relation to Icelandic bank debt. The collective provision takes balance  ...
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<title>Markets News Wednesday: European stocks fall; PIMCO bond fund founder says stocks may not be as cheap as they appear</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201547565</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 10:11 GMT</pubDate>
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...  they confirm a further deterioration in the public finances, with tax receipts having been vastly underestimated,  ...  impairment hit, including 27m in relation to Icelandic bank debt. The collective provision takes balance  ...
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<title>NORTH TO SOUTH: DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201523503</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 07:18 GMT</pubDate>
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...  expect (at a minimum) a $3 billion budget deficit next fiscal year and a global recession  ...  the countries have been told to cut budget deficits, cut or freeze wages in the public  ...  Belarus will likely follow suit. In contrast, Iceland, the IMF&#39;s poster child whose economy collapsed  ...
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<title>Terry Murden: Now that we own the banks, we should have a say in how they are run</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201510368</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 05:37 GMT</pubDate>
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...  shortfall, at a critical time for the public finances, will be difficult to replace. The retail  ...  to be a fair bit of interest. Iceland and Tesco are among potential buyers, but  ...
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<title>The fifth shock storms ashore</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201313837</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 07:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  East Asia (Taiwan, Singapore and Korea especially), Iceland and Eastern Europe. Regions such as the  ...  well. Lower oil prices, weaker Rand, bigger budget deficits and lower interest rates will prove important  ...
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<title>Some Nations That Spurned the Euro Reconsider</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201303333</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 06:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  currency markets nearly destroyed the currencies of Iceland and Poland, the two countries are rethinking  ...  requirements for adopting the euro - controlling budget deficits and inflation. Only four small countries -  ...
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<title>Several Countries Are Rethinking the Euro</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201238559</link>
<pubDate>1 Dec 2008 21:53 GMT</pubDate>
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...  in the currency markets nearly destroyed the Icelandic krona and undermined the Polish zloty, those  ...  in 2004, the political will to control budget deficits and inflation  the two key criteria  ...
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<title>Investors Give Thanks for Stock Market Five Day Rally</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201068919</link>
<pubDate>1 Dec 2008 01:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Economist Bud Conrad predicts that next year&#39;s budget deficit will be closer to the tune of  ...  with its economic crisis after it assisted Iceland, Hungary, Ukraine, Serbia and Pakistan. But Blanchard  ...
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<title>World stability hangs by a thread as economies continue to unravel</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201052856</link>
<pubDate>30 Nov 2008 22:13 GMT</pubDate>
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...  quicken, laying bare the horrors of Indian public finance. The combined federal and state deficit is  ...  As for Europe, it is already fragile. Iceland, Hungary, Ukraine, Belarus, Latvia, and Serbia have  ...
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<title>Iceland: Street protests against government and economic meltdown</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=200984597</link>
<pubDate>30 Nov 2008 05:30 GMT</pubDate>
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... Iceland: Street protests against government and economic meltdown  ...  meltdown Thousands protested in the Icelandic capital Reykjavik last Saturday, calling for the resignation of  ...  on &quot;reforms&quot; to bring the government&#39;s soaring public debt under control, which will inevitably mean deep  ...
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<title>Protests over global recession</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=200968587</link>
<pubDate>30 Nov 2008 00:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  GMT The governments of Turkey, Hungary and Iceland, three of the countries hit hardest by  ...  against austerity measures. To reduce the state budget deficit, the government plans to temporarily suspend or  ...
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