Last month, for example, Romano Prodi, the Italian prime minister, hinted that the Germans might seek a delay (although his remarks were swiftly "clarified" as the lira fell).In this section Can EMU be left to stew?
Shares in Lockheed rose, but in Northrop, a comparative minnow, they fell.In this section Business this week Politics this week Reprints Related items LIFFE aloneJul 23rd 1998 Goldilocks gets confusedJul 23rd 1998 The worries awaiting Japan's new leaderJul 23rd 1998Consolidation continues among makers of medical devices.
The three Baltic countries Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania suffered the biggest falls in GDP.In this section Overview Output, prices and jobs The Economist commodity-price index World GDP Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates Markets Foreign students in America Reprints.
Spanish and Italian bond yields shot back up and European stockmarkets fell.In this section The end of the euro's Indian summer A waning star?
The dollar's trade-weighted value rose this week; the yen and the Australian dollar fell.In this section MONEY AND INTEREST RATES EQUITY TRADING TRADE, EXCHANGE RATES AND BUDGETS STOCKMARKETS Reprints.
Only when Paul Volcker, the then chairman of the Federal Reserve, clamped down on inflation in 1979 did central banks start to be believed, and the price of gold fell.In this section Altogether now.
Continental European bourses generally had a good week too, but Milan and Brussels both fell.In this section MONEY AND INTEREST RATES STOCKMARKETS TRADE, EXCHANGE RATES AND BUDGETS BANKS Reprints.
Grains and soya prices rose as American stocks fell.In this section Overview Output, demand and jobs Prices and wages Immigration Money and interest rates The Economist commodity price index Stockmarkets Trade, exchange rates and budgets Commodity prices Reprints.
That would have seemed almost unimaginable 12 years ago, when the economy collapsed and Indonesia's longstanding dictator, Suharto, fell.In this section Xi who must be obeyed Gagging to be free A biggish dust-up in Karachi Some corner of a foreign field Greening Oz Nomads no more SBY's feet of clay ReprintsYet it is not churlish to look for more.
Brussels was the star performer, with a gain of 8.1%; Vienna was the only market that fell.In this section TRADE, EXCHANGE RATES AND BUDGETS MONEY AND INTEREST RATES STOCKMARKETS TECHNOLOGY Reprints Related topics Europe Central Europe Western Europe Belgium Austria.
When the H1N1 swine-flu pandemic stole headlines in the summer of 2009, Google searches went through the roof long before most people fell ill.In this section Repairing broken hearts Attention, citizens!
