Financial Times (January 2)
2012/ 01/ 03 by jd in Global News
“The commitment of member governments and, above all, of the European Central Bank to maintain the eurozone looks strong enough to keep it together for another year, at least.”
Tags: 2012, ECB, eurozone, Prediction, Survival
Washington Post (January 2)
2012/ 01/ 02 by jd in Global News
The economy may very well determine if President Obama is reelected in 2012. But “given all the possibilities, handicapping the election based on the economy is nearly futile.” Even omitting outside factors like the euro zone crisis or the bubble in China, the U.S. economy remains too hard to call, making it “2012’s political wild card that — when played — may prove decisive, if accidental.”
