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ON FEBRUARY 20th the "Eurogroup"—the finance ministers of the 19 countries that use the euro—will meet in Brussels for the third time in ten days to try to find a way out of the Greek crisis. The mood is poisonous: on February 19th Germany unexpectedly rejected a proposal by…
This morning’s publication of Switzerland’s KOF Economic Barometer revealed an economic outlook that has dipped somewhat since last month’s reading. A combination of economic indicators is now portraying economic conditions slightly more pessimistically than before. The measure only fell by approximately 0.2 points from 1.00 to 0.80, a measure that still falls within…
This morning’s early publication of Japanese housing starts portrayed a capital economy in deep contraction heading into the end of 2011. Housing starts are an indicator of the number of private homes starting construction, making it an early gauge of domestic capital investment and early consumer spending and optimism. The indicator…