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Core EU State Netherlands Struggles to Agree on Austerity Measures

by Stuart Burns on March 30, 2012

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Outside of Europe, the Netherlands is often overlooked in the debt crisis debate and analysis, largely because it lacks the GDP of other core countries — $780 billion as compared to Germany’s $3.28 trillion and France’s $2.56 trillion. (Even Spain at $1.41 trillion and Italy at $2.01 trillion are considerably larger.) But the Netherlands is also overlooked [...]

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Greece Debt Sorted Out: Spain Next? – Part One

by Stuart Burns on March 29, 2012

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Just when we thought the European debt crisis was behind us, at least for a while, it is back center-stage and frightening the markets. Not yet frightening them as much as it should…but give it time. As Greece slips from the front pages, the much larger problem of Spain takes the limelight. Spain Prime Minister Mariano [...]

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