EU Countries' Spending Cuts, Tax Hikes Hurt GDP Growth

Merriam-Webster named "austerity" the 2010 word of the year, but its prominence only seems to be growing in 2011, as debt-ridden European nations engage in steep budget cuts and tax hikes to bring themselves out of the red. A new round of second-quarter GDP figures also shows slowing growth in the ...

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