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PROSPECTS 2011: Euro-area
A limited recovery is under way, but is inconsistent and subject to strong downside risks, making...
INTERNATIONAL: G20 boosts IMF global stability role
G20 finance ministers and central bankers agreed on an outline for IMF reform at their October...
InternationalEUROPEAN UNION: Renewables must rise to meet 2020 goal
Since summer, two-thirds of EU member states have submitted detailed plans for how they intend to...
PROSPECTS 2010 Q4: Europe
Europe's northern economies, especially Germany, are driving growth as euro-area governments...
NETHERLANDS/BELGIUM: Gridlock beckons fragile future
Negotiations to form a coalition government failed in Belgium and the Netherlands on September 3....
NetherlandsBELGIUM/NETHERLANDS: Coalition talks collapse, again
Both Belgium and the Netherlands failed to assemble coalition governments this weekend.
BelgiumEURO-AREA: Annual inflation is highest in 20 months
Annual inflation in the euro-area rose from 1.4% in June to 1.7% in July, Eurostat reported...
EUROPEAN UNION: Backlash mounts against EU-wide tax
The governments of Germany, France and the United Kingdom came out yesterday against the proposal...