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Friday 10 February 2012
Europe's knock-on effect for the US
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Barack Obama (R) meets with Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti
Reuters/Yuri Gripas
By Barbara Giudice

US President Barack Obama met on Thursday with Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti for talks on the European debt crisis. Any scenario involving defaults by European economies or a break-up of the euro could draw in the US finance sector, affecting exports and slowing down an already lethargic US economy. So, how do U.S. economists view what is happening on the other side of the Atlantic - a question RFI put to an analyst in Washington.

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tags : Barack Obama - Debt - Economic crisis - Economy - Eurozone - Mario Monti
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