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<title>EU Politics Today: Ireland Consumer Confidence News</title>
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<title>Services shrinking as recession deepens</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201699132</link>
<pubDate>4 Dec 2008 01:34 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the downturn emerged with the news that consumer confidence continued to slide in November. The Nationwide  ...  in activity were conditions in the wider Irish economy where the economic downturn has led  ...  property market and global market turmoil made Ireland the first eurozone country this year to  ...
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<title>A look at economic developments around the world</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201684066</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 23:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  since the survey began in 1996. Also, consumer confidence in Britain hit a new low in  ...  after broad declines the day before. DUBLIN, Ireland -- Ireland&#39;s unemployment rate surged to a  ...
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<title>Jobless claims in Ireland climb to a 12-year high</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201671410</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 22:27 GMT</pubDate>
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...  number of people claiming unemployment benefit in Ireland rose last month to its highest in  ...  The fall in persons in employment and consumer confidence will outweigh the boost to consumers income  ...
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<title>Late rally on rate cut optimism</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201629275</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 18:26 GMT</pubDate>
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...  ago. Meanwhile, the Nationwide building society reported consumer confidence in the UK is at its lowest  ...  price target from 556p to 711p. Property-focused Irish bank Anglo Irish scrapped its final dividend  ...
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<title>Red signal from Stagecoach sours mood</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201588827</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 14:52 GMT</pubDate>
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...  had already soured the mood. The latest consumer confidence survey from the Nationwide building society at  ...  price target from 556p to 711p. Property-focused Irish bank Anglo Irish scrapped its final dividend  ...
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<title>UPDATE 1-Irish jobless claims rise to 12-year high</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201578582</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 13:58 GMT</pubDate>
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...  number of people claiming unemployment benefit in Ireland rose last month to its highest in  ...  &#39;The fall in persons in employment and consumer confidence will outweigh the boost to consumers&#39; income  ...
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<title>Footsie unsettled by Stagecoach warning</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201575098</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 13:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  more gloomy UK data with the latest consumer confidence survey from the Nationwide building society at  ...  and a price target of 93p. Property-focused Irish bank Anglo Irish scrapped its final dividend  ...
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<title>Unemployment rate hits 10-year high of 7.8 per cent</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201570924</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 13:27 GMT</pubDate>
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... The Irish Times takes no responsibility for the content  ...  in 2009. He forecast falling employment and consumer confidence would outweigh any boost to consumer income  ...
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<title>Research and Markets: Opportunities in Premium Alcoholic Drinks: Trading up Trends</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201570672</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 13:26 GMT</pubDate>
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... DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Research and Markets ( ) has  ...  current economic downturn, especially the historically low consumer confidence that has emerged in 2008, presents a  ...
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<title>Irish jobless claims hit 12-year high in November</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201563697</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 12:17 GMT</pubDate>
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...  number of people claiming unemployment benefit in Ireland rose last month to its highest since  ...  a decade of economic boom and battering consumer confidence. Ireland&#39;s Live Register tally rose to a  ...
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<title>Ex-div stocks add to Footsie woe</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201561352</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 11:54 GMT</pubDate>
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...  on a broad front, after the latest consumer confidence survey from the Nationwide building society showed  ...  and a price target of 93p. Property-focused Irish bank Anglo Irish scrapped its final dividend  ...
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<title>Jobless figures rise sharply to over 277,000</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201560096</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 11:52 GMT</pubDate>
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... The Irish Times takes no responsibility for the content  ...  in 2009. He forecast falling employment and consumer confidence would outweigh any boost to consumer income  ...
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<title>Follow-Up International Conference Ends With Adoption Of Text Calling For Further Meeting On World Financial Crisis; Further Review of Development Financing Planned for 2013, According to Document</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201552693</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 10:53 GMT</pubDate>
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...  a halt as its capital markets plummeted, consumer confidence had faltered and its financial systems were  ...  Estonia, Madagascar, Angola, Egypt, Lebanon, Norway, Indonesia, Ireland, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Netherlands, Guatemala, Ecuador, Myanmar,  ...
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<title>Soaring cost of insuring UK against debt default</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201546607</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 10:01 GMT</pubDate>
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...  risk rating. Credit default swaps traded against Irish government bonds are twice the UK price,  ...  by building society Nationwide today shows that consumer confidence has slumped to its lowest level in  ...
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<title>Forget 2008, focus must now be on next year&#39;s problems</title>
<link>http://eupolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201524948</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 07:21 GMT</pubDate>
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...  turn is damaging business activity and harming consumer confidence. The global problems explain a lot of  ...  just under &amp;euro;5bn, this mainstay of the Irish economy raised &amp;euro;220m less than in the  ...  2pc of GDP. Anything like that in Ireland would bring the deficit to 10pc. Apart  ...
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