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It's one of those numbers that's so unbelievable you have to actually think about it for a while... Within the next 12 months, the U.S. Treasury will have to refinance $2 trillion in short-term debt. And that's not counting any additional deficit spending, which is estimated to be around $1.5 trillion.

http://www.silverbearcafe.com/private/02.10/bankrupt.html



World bankers meet in Sydney as recovery fears intensify

THE world's top central bankers began arriving in Australia for high-level talks as renewed fears about the strength of the global economic recovery gripped world share markets.

http://snipurl.com/ub1bh


From Information Clearing House

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Beyond Nuclear: Beyond Nuclear Denounces President Obama's Decision to Transfer Financial and Safety Risks of New Reactors to US Taxpayers
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/02/16-1

CEPR: Deficit Scaremongering Undermining Economic Recovery
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/02/16



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