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Voter Discontent
By Alexei BayerSeveral recent elections in Europe were seen as a referendum on fiscal austerity (and fiscal discipline) and their results were presented as a mood shift in favor of more government spending and economic stimulus.
June 27, 2012
Roubini Sounds Off on Virginity, Euro Debt CrisisWill Germany bail out other eurozone countries?
June 27, 2012
Discord Rules Before EU SummitTempers are flaring in the run-up to the 20th EU summit since the onset of the eurozone debt crisis.
June 26, 2012
Spanish Banks Downgraded as Cyprus Seeks BailoutThe troubled eurozone continued to experience turmoil as Moodys downgraded 28 Spanish banks and Cyprus requested a bailout that could amount to more than half its economy.
June 25, 2012
Country Financial: Americans’ Financial Optimism Takes a HitThe Country Financial Security Index, published by Country Financial, Bloomington, Illinois, fell to 65.1 points in June. Thats down 1.1 points from April, but up 1.4 points from the year-ago period.
June 22, 2012
Why the Financial Crisis Can Happen Again: News AnalysisMore than four years after the financial crisis began, could it all happen again? Has Wall Street changed its ways? How about Washington?
June 21, 2012
TD Ameritrade Survey: Paying for College is Top Concern of “Generation Z”The top concern of young people ages 13 to 22, which the study labels Generation Z, are affording college (39%) and having a large student loan balance (39%). Nearly six in 10 (58%) of Gen Z parents who were surveyed say they took out their own student loans. And of...
June 20, 2012
The Logic of EurobondsEver wonder why our nations capital is wedged between Virginia and Maryland? History and the prospects for eurobonds.