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February 5, 2012 1:07 AM EST
The wave of austerity measures, cost cutting, and tax increases across Europe, Asia, and the United States may be getting ahead of itself. On the plus side, plans to get the “fiscal house in order” have been pushed off to a more reasonable timeframe. Don’t forget, the IMF and ECB were looking for Greece to get back under 3% debt to GDP by 2012 initially. As it became evident that more countries were in trouble, the timeframe was pushed out. Ho... full story >>