GenevaLunch » public debt http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:57:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no US national debt reaches $13 trillion http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/06/03/us-national-debt-reaches-13-trillion/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/06/03/us-national-debt-reaches-13-trillion/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 07:27:03 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=42824 GenevaLunch.com The national debt of the United States reached the $13 million mark for the first time at the end of May. The US National Debt Clock provides details, but you need to be a fast reader. Links to other sites: US Department of the Treasury and  wikipedia on the US public debt, Yahoo News

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/06/03/us-national-debt-reaches-13-trillion/feed/ 0 Greece promises to cut government deficit by 2013 http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/15/greece-promises-to-cut-government-deficit-by-2013/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/15/greece-promises-to-cut-government-deficit-by-2013/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:25:07 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=33762 GenevaLunch.com Greece’s new Prime Minister George Papandreou has promised to reduce his government’s budget deficits to below three percent by 2013 in a speech to labour and business leaders. The government deficit has grown to an estimated 12.7 percent this year, and public debt stands at €300 billion, almost 120 percent of GDP. Papandreou announced cuts [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/15/greece-promises-to-cut-government-deficit-by-2013/feed/ 0 NY Times lashes out at Goldman Sachs http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/23/ny-times-lashes-out-at-goldman-sachs/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/23/ny-times-lashes-out-at-goldman-sachs/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:36:31 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=32101 GenevaLunch.com The New York Times in a hard-hitting weekend article lashed out at Goldman Sachs and suggested that the bank should forget about employee bonuses and make a major donation to the US government. It points out that while the bank has repaid $10 billion, it owes taxpayers far more than that, and it calls the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/23/ny-times-lashes-out-at-goldman-sachs/feed/ 0 Switzerland’s national debt decreases in second quarter 2009 http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/29/switzerlands-national-debt-decreases-in-second-quarter-2009/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/29/switzerlands-national-debt-decreases-in-second-quarter-2009/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:45:06 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=28755 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland’s debt decreased to CHF119 billion in the second quarter 2009, about CHF2.8b less than at the beginning of the year, according to figures released by the Swiss Federal Department of Finance 29 September. Swiss government debt is 22 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). This increases to 41 percent if [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/29/switzerlands-national-debt-decreases-in-second-quarter-2009/feed/ 3 Canton Geneva debt down to CHF10 billion http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/17/canton-geneva-debt-down-to-chf10-billion/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/17/canton-geneva-debt-down-to-chf10-billion/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:03:05 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=25186 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Geneva’s debt has fallen CHF 2.6 billion in the past three years to CHF 10bn, according to canton Geneva finance minister, David Hiler, in an interview with the Tribune de Genève 17 August. In 2007, Hiler says, the canton’s debt was CHF12.6bn. The reduction was possible thanks to several good years [...]

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