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Italy's fiscal and economic reforms are sure to yield benefits for the country, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday following a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti. And that, she added, should lead to further reductions in...
Voice of America
Europe's economic crisis has continued over the summer, while attention was diverted by the Olympics, the war in Syria and other news. Some experts say the situation is getting worse and requires immediate and strong action that leaders do not seem...
Ledger-Enquirer
Merkel spoke after meeting Premier Mario Monti, who became the leader of the 17-nation eurozone's third-largest economy late last year with a government of technocrats. Monti has pushed through a reform agenda that has included the revival of...
The Local
German Chancellor Angela Merkel hailed Italy's reform measures on Wednesday and said they would soon return the country to better economic shape, as Italy's leader said markets were now recognising the efforts. "The wide-ranging consolidation and...
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Italy has paid sharply lower interest rates to raise 9 billion ($11.25 billion) in six-month treasury bonds, confirmation that investor confidence in the country has improved. Italy's central bank said the interest rate on the debt was 1.585 percent,...
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Italian Premier Mario Monti warned on Wednesday that a rise in the spread between 10-year Italian bonds and the German benchmark bund was "damaging for everyone". Monti said in an interview with the Italian economic daily Il Sole 24 Ore that Germany...