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unemployment will keep on rising, a conundrum that highlights the
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    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.gp9">        <title>IIF says Greece exit would 'destabilise' world economy</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.gp9</link>        <description>The head of the global banking lobby which handled the private debt
write-off for Greece warned on Friday that if the country leaves the
eurozone, the world economy would suffer badly.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Finance</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>public</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>debt</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>eurozone</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Italy</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Greece</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>IIF</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-25T10:42:05Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
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decisive action to reassure markets, Chilean Finance Minister Felipe
Larrain said Thursday.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>eurozone</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Finance</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Chile</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>debt</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>public</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-24T13:30:59Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/eurozone-public.goh">        <title>Germany insists no eurobonds now, France sees wiggle room</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/eurozone-public.goh</link>        <description>The controversial sale of common eurozone bonds to raise fresh debt
funding would not stabilise the single currency bloc and only benefit
spendthrift member states, a senior German official said Thursday.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>eurozone</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>bonds</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>France</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Germany</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>debt</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>public</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-24T13:29:49Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/eurozone-business.go6">        <title>Eurozone suffers worst PMI downturn in 3 years</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/eurozone-business.go6</link>        <description>Eurozone private sector activity suffered its worst monthly slide in nearly three years in May, a survey shows, which analysts say indicates it is locked in a dismal downturn.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>eurozone</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>business</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>index</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>growth</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Headline1</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>PMI</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>economy</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-24T18:13:07Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.gnr">        <title>Italy backs growth moves for Europe</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.gnr</link>        <description>Italy on Wednesday signaled its support for countries that want the
European Union to move from austerity to growth policies.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>eurozone</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Italy</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Finance</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>UN</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>debt</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>public</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-23T21:41:54Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
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hoping it will bring an element of economic stability to the country,
Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis said on Wednesday.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>eurozone</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Finance</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Latvia</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>INTERVIEW</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>debt</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>public</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>economy</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-23T15:21:35Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.gnb">        <title>Hollande says he will do all so Greece stays in euro</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.gnb</link>        <description>French President Francois Hollande said Wednesday he would do everything to keep debt-hit Greece in the eurozone after talks with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>eurozone</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Finance</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>France</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Greece</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>debt</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>public</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Spain</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-23T15:19:58Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.gmy">        <title>IMF chief warns of Greek euro exit 'contamination'</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.gmy</link>        <description>IMF chief Christine Lagarde warned on Wednesday of the risk of "contamination"
if Greece quits the euro and said the eurozone might therefore see the
value of paying more to keep Greece in.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>eurozone</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Finance</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>IMF</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Greece</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>debt</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>public</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-23T11:54:27Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-finance-debt.gmt">        <title>EU leaders open eurobonds debate at 'growth' summit</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-finance-debt.gmt</link>        <description>Euro leaders have promised a no-holds-barred debate at an EU summit Wednesday on whether to guarantee each others' borrowings in future, seen as essential if Greece ends up exiting the single currency.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>eurozone</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>finance</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Headline</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>growth</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>debt</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>summit</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-23T08:56:22Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/eurozone-finance.gme">        <title>EU bailout fund places 6-month bonds at lower rates</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/eurozone-finance.gme</link>        <description>The eurozone's temporary financial rescue fund, the EFSF, raised 1.478 billion euros in a new issue of six-month bonds, which drew substantial demand, the Bundesbank said Tuesday.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>eurozone</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>finance</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>bonds</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>EFSF</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>debt</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>public</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-22T11:34:23Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/oecd-economy-growth.gmc">        <title>Intensifying euro crisis main risk to global growth: OECD</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/oecd-economy-growth.gmc</link>        <description>The intensifying eurozone crisis poses the most serious risk to the muted recovery in the global economy, with the United States and Japan set for modest growth, the OECD said Tuesday.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Headline</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>forecast</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>OECD</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>growth</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>world</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>economy</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-22T09:37:06Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/brazil-economy.gm9">        <title>Brazil doubts growth forecast, citing euro jitters</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/brazil-economy.gm9</link>        <description>Brazil has admitted it is unlikely to meet an economic growth forecast
of 4.5 percent over concerns about the eurozone and announced a new
stimulus package in a bid to reverse a recent slowdown.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Brazil</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>newseries</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>growth</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>crisis</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>economy</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-22T09:26:43Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>




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