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Too Much of a Good Thing: Inflation Spike Puzzles ECB – Engage or Ignore?
For years on end, central bankers in Europe and the United States have tempted providence to deliver a modicum of inflation. Over the past five years, the eurozone slid twice into deflationary territory. As recent as August 2020, the consumer
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Gabriel Chaleplis Leads the Way Into the Intelligent Future of Betting and Gaming
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Vice-Prime Minister Kocho Angjushev: Pulling Macedonia Out of a Limbo and Into the European Union
What’s in a name? In the case of Macedonia, an entire country’s future. Macedonia, a candidate for accession to the European Union since 2005 and equally anxious to join NATO, has been unable to start accession processes over a dispute
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Book Review by Kenneth Rogoff: Crash Time
Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World by Adam Tooze Ten years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, Crashed, by the noted Columbia University historian Adam Tooze, offers a sweeping history of the global financial crisis up
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EU Offers a Third Bailout: Greece Will Remain in the Eurozone but Austerity Stays too
The EU has survived the Greek debt default crisis and after seventeen hours of negotiations agreement for a third bailout was reached today. Greek PM Alexis Tsipras termed the negotiations as a tough battle that resulted in a growth package
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All Eyes on Greece: Is the IMF Asking for More than PM Tsipras Can Deliver?
Financial markets around the world slipped today on growing fears that Greece may be unable to reach an agreement with her international creditors and thereby default on a $1.6 billion loan repayment due this month. Failure to repay could result
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The Proposals from Greece: Prospects for a Deal Improve Dramatically
New economic proposals submitted by Greece on Monday have been welcomed by euro zone leaders and financial markets around the world. The expectation is for a deal to be announced within days. Although in all likelihood the country will need
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Playing with Fire: Greek Tragedy Reaches Climax
As the Greek tragedy nears its climax – now scheduled for next Thursday – European stock and bond markets took a hit with investors scurrying for safety and protagonists hurling verbal abuse across the stage. In Athens, Prime-Minister Alexis Tsipras
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Stealth at the Helm: The Manifest Destiny of Angela Merkel
As the Greek debt crisis inches to its climax, the euro’s guardians soften their tone of voice; not quite so sure any longer that contagion – and financial Armageddon – may yet be avoided. Over the past few weeks, the
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Ross Jackson: A Silver Lining to Europe’s Troubles
As we await the outcome of the four-month extension of the Greek credit arrangement with the Troika (EU, IMF, ECB), this is a good time to consider various possible scenarios. Indeed, I would like to outline the one scenario that
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