France's Twin Deficits Loom for Election Victor, Auditor Says - Bloomberg

France's Twin Deficits Loom for Election Victor, Auditor Says
Bloomberg
France will have to step up efforts to reduce its budget and trade deficits after the April-May presidential election or risk a debt spiral, the national auditor said today in a report. Europe's second-largest economy had a record trade shortfall of ...

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Twin deficits to bother a minister - BusinessLIVE

Twin deficits to bother a minister
BusinessLIVE
Slowing revenue growth and rising spending pose a headache for the finance minister before the Budget later this month, but a depressed global economy poses something resembling a migraine as it brings a twin deficit problem to the forefront.

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Taking care of both twin deficits - Kathimerini

Taking care of both twin deficits
Kathimerini
By Dimitris Kontogiannis In tackling Greece's twin deficits, policymakers and pundits seem to focus more on the large general government budget deficit and much less on the current account deficit. They may be right if one assumes slashing the budget ...

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Functional Finance and Exchange Rate Regimes: The Twin Deficits Debate - Credit Writedowns

Functional Finance and Exchange Rate Regimes: The Twin Deficits Debate
Credit Writedowns
The US Twin Deficits Debate. Deficit hawks in the US frequently raise three objections to persistent national government budget deficits: a) they pose a solvency risk that could force to government default on its debt; b) they pose an inflation, ...

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