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The Low Countries sinking lower: new economic data on the Netherlands
Yesterday, Paul Krugman already did a quick comparison between Belgium and the Netherlands (link here in Mark Thoma’s blog). His conclusion was: And in general, it’s hard to escape the impression that...
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MUST READ: ‘A euro narrative’– Conversable Economist
Today is a good day for bananafish links. The Conversable Economist has a very good post on what has happened to the euro, from before its inception to now.
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Nordea: “Economic rebound escapes again”
This is a translation of this news item on Finnish Yle News. It is almost an exact example of the ‘jobs recovery is always two years in the future’ -thesis. Nordea revised its forecast for Finnish...
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Closing the competitiveness gap through German inflation or periphery deflation
Mr Gloomy European Economist again has a very good post. As he states, it is a ‘completely unscientific simulation’ but I think it is useful in the same way Paul Krugman’s ‘quick and dirty’ charts help...
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Dutch and Finnish economies shrink more than expected
In the category “some saw it coming, some didn’t” the news that both the Finnish and Dutch economies shrunk more than expected recently. The Dutch economy shrunk by 1,4% in the first quarter of 2014...
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Bill Mitchell on the dishonest ‘analysis’ of the almost-Troika
On his blog. Here, I’d like to share the conclusion (my bold). The whole text is quite dense and in places technical, but worth a read, especially now when in Finland all the major political parties...
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Greece, Grexit and IT issues
This post is a bit tongue-in-cheek but meant to provoke discussion. Recently, especially Naked Capitalism.com has spent attention to the practical, IT issues of a Grexit. See e.g. here and here. Here’s...
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Dijsselbloem believes in the confidence fairy: “If we now are less tough on...
http://m.volkskrant.nl/vk/m/nl/11698/Kabinet-Rutte-II/article/detail/3510351/2013/09/16/Dijsselbloem-Nu-minder-streng-bezuinigen-draait-herstel-EU-de-nek-om.dhtml?originatingNavigationItemId=2824 In...
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Dutch AAA credit rating gone – no surprise actually
S&P strips Netherlands of top credit rating – http://www.ft.com/cms/bc093146-58bc-11e3-a7cb-00144feabdc0.html Unfortunately this is not a surprise for me. Given e.g. this or this with regard to...
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“Debunking the Idea that “Structural Reforms” Reduce Unemployment”
http://feedly.com/e/sOJkMcmU More like these articles please!
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