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Nationalist party looks towards
EU as Labour promises cuts in public spending
Parties’ manifestos on finance and economy
"Conformity with international regulations, without foreign
interference." A misnomer sounds off in the first of Labour’s
proposals on financial services.READ
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Enemalta protected against oil price
hikes – Bonnici
The international price of oil has been on something
of a rollercoaster ride since the outbreak of war in Iraq. Oil
indices fell sharply at the conflict’s inception, only to
be rising again recently while the prospect of a short-lived campaign
in Iraq quickly dissipates as resistance to coalition forces mounts
in Iraq.
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Malta
Stock Exchange fails to react to Iraq conflict
Despite the fact that Malta is increasingly participating
in a world economy that becomes more globalised by the day, Malta’s
stock market is still to respond to the crisis in Iraq.
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INTERVIEW
Providing a catalyst
for change
Economic Services Minister Josef Bonnici
speaks to DAVID LINDSAY on a wide range of subjects including
EU membership’s impact on trade and industry, the recently
launched National Industrial Policy, the setting up of Malta
Enterprise, the impact of the removal of levies and the effect
of the Iraq conflict on Malta’s industry |
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OPINION
The
impact of war on the Eurozone
European Central Bank Executive Board Member Professor
Otmar Issing on Monday addressed the European Parliament’s
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Following are
extracts from Issing’s speech, in which he spoke about
the potential economic impact of war in Iraq, economic and
monetary developments and monetary policy decisions of the
ECB and on a number of structural reforms in the euro area |
NEWS
Sant skirts illegal
boathouses issue
Election Monitor
Campaigns focus on economy and
taxation
EU the route to economic
prosperity for PN electoral programme
Labour aiming for
three percent reduction of fiscal deficit by 2006
2003 sees AD’s
economic focus at par with environment
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