In A Fistful of Euros - Posted 1 week ago

As Barcelona-based property consultants Aguirre Newman publish a report that suggests Spanish property prices may need to fall by at least 23% for the...

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In A Fistful of Euros - Posted 1 week ago

I m beginning to think that our neighborhood grocery store here in Tbilisi could be an interesting source of stories about the politics and economic...

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In A Fistful of Euros - Posted 3 weeks ago

Well we now have some of the details of the IMF package for Hungary, and interesting reading it makes. Hungary has in effect secured a 20 billion-euro...

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In A Fistful of Euros - Posted 3 weeks ago

As every woman who has ever had dealings with a man knows only too well, it is a lot easier for people to make promises than it is for them to keep th...

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In A Fistful of Euros - Posted 3 weeks ago

Yesterday, the Ukraine received a USD16.5bn loan from the IMF and the IMF at the same time said that it would agree with the Hungarian government on a...

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In A Fistful of Euros - Posted 3 weeks ago

Well, only seconds after I jokingly suggest in my last post that Bulgaria may be talking to the IMF even as I write, Bloomberg flash up on my screen t...

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In A Fistful of Euros - Posted 3 weeks ago

Well, today I have come across three short news stories, each of which, in its own way, sent some kind of a shiver down my spine.Iceland s Interest ...

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In A Fistful of Euros - Posted 3 weeks ago

Hungary announced on Sunday that it had reached agreement with both the International Monetary Fund and the European Union on a broad economic rescue...

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In A Fistful of Euros - Posted 3 weeks ago

Via Crooked Timber, French Politics has interesting things to say about the Sarkofund:In France it s hardly unprecedented for major capital spending...

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In A Fistful of Euros - Posted 3 weeks ago

Your US federal government, the benchmark for effective policymaking that we can only approach by creating a similar monster state: they are still pro...

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