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bloomberg.com - 6/30/2009
Estonian Budget Gap Soars, Puts Euro Goal at Risk (Update1)
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June 30 (Bloomberg) -- Estonia’s fiscal deficit under European Union terms more than doubled in the first quarter from a year earlier, indicating the Baltic country may be unable to adopt the euro in January 2011. The deficit, including social security and state and municipal spending, rose to ...
A V-shaped recession?
econbrowser.com - 7/2/2009
A V-shaped recession?
— econbrowser.com — As James Morley has pointed out, often a sharp economic downturn is followed by an equally sharp... economic recovery. One reason for that is the liquidation of inventories that accompanies any recession and restocking that takes place in recovery. What ... (more) A V-shaped recession?

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cboblog.cbo.gov - 6/26/2009
Long-Term Budget Outlook
— cboblog.cbo.gov — Today CBO released the Long-Term Budget Outlook . Under current law, the federal budget is on an... unsustainable path—meaning that federal debt will continue to grow much faster than the economy over the long run. Although great uncertainty surrounds ... (more) Long-Term Budget Outlook

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Explaining the trade collapse
voxeu.org - 7/3/2009
Explaining the trade collapse
— voxeu.org — Caroline Freund , 3 July 2009 The collapse in trade has been unprecedentedly severe. This column examines... potential explanations. While the global fragmentation of production has increased the responsiveness of trade flows to drops in demand, trade ... (more) Explaining the trade collapse

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Latvia Economy Watch:  Estonia's Neck Goes Into A Latvian-style Noose

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Estonia's Neck Goes Into A Latvian-style Noose
Latvia Economy Watch — Well, today is the 30 of June, and still no news from the IMF on releasing the next tranche of the Latvian loan. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why (via Ott Umelas at Bloomberg). ...

Estonia's Neck Goes Into A Latvian-style Noose
Baltic Economy Watch — Well, today is the 30 of June, and still no news from the IMF on releasing the next tranche of the Latvian loan. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why (via Ott Umelas at Bloomberg). ...

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