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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8667

17 March 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/emu
Euro-zone government deficit rises to 2.7% of GDP

Brussels, 16/03/2004 (Agence Europe) - According to data published by Eurostat on Tuesday the euro-zone, the government deficit increased from 2.3% of GDP in 2002 to 2.7% in 2003, and in the EU15 the deficit rose from 2.0% in 2002 to 2.6% . Eleven countries saw a worsening of their public balance in terms of GDP. In 2003, the largest government deficits relative to GDP were recorded by France (-4.1%), Germany (-3.9%), the United Kingdom (-3.2%), and the Netherlands (-3.0%). Three Member...

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