Ирландия и Греция - такие PIGSS!
The EU’s statistics office said today Greece’s deficit was 13.6 percent last year, higher than the government’s April 7 forecast of 12.9 percent. The EU forecast a shortfall of 12.7 percent in November. Ireland overtook Greece as the EU nation with the largest deficit, with its deficit revised up to 14.3 percent, the Luxembourg-based Eurostat said.
Bloomberg
Индекс евро, еще в 12 часов торговавшийся на уровне 112, усвистел на 111.6 сразу после новости.
Добавление:
In the euro area the government debt to GDP ratio increased from 69.4 per cent at the end of 2008 to 78.7 per cent at the end of 2009, and in the EU27 from 61.6 per cent to 73.6 per cent.
In 2009, the largest government deficits in percentage of GDP were recorded by Ireland (-14.3 per cent), Greece (-13.6 per cent), the United Kingdom (-11.5 per cent), Spain (-11.2 per cent), Portugal (-9.4 per cent), Latvia (-nine per cent), Lithuania (-8.9 per cent), France (-7.5 per cent) and Poland (-7.1 per cent).
No member state registered a government surplus in 2009, Eurostat said.
The lowest deficits were recorded by Sweden (-0.5 per cent), Luxembourg (-0.7 per cent) and Estonia (-1.7 per cent).
http://www.sofiaecho.com/2010/04/22/891034_eu-ca-deficit-in-q4-2009-was-92-billion-euro
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