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  The Euro has continued to perform poorly this week, although not without minor signs that the currency is stabilising. The European Central Bank (ECB) yesterday voted not to change interest rates, leaving them at 1.0%, although ECB President Mario Draghi admitted that the Eurozone was experiencing “High uncertainty and downside risks”, fuelling further speculation

The Eurozone has taken yet another beating this week, due to concerns over the state of Europe’s banks. Many of the problems seem to be situated in Italy, with shares in the UniCredit bank falling 14.5 pecent on Wednesday, followed by a 17.3 percent fall on Thursday, a 19 year low. In other European banking

While Wall Street and The City are beleaguered and “Occupied,” Brazilian financial markets are expanding and Foreign Direct Investment finished 2011 at a record US $65 Billion. Ã¢â‚¬Å“Nobody wants to miss out on a market like this,” says one financial services executive.”  Brazilian financial markets are still light years behind Wall Street. But this is exactly what is

The only investments to end the year in negative territory were shares listed on the São Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa,) finishing with a loss of 18.11% for the year. Exchanges worldwide fared little better. The Dow Jones Global Index, a composite of exchanges worldwide, finished with a loss of 15.64%   Economic consulting firm Economatica

Brazil notched up from 7th to 6th place  in global ranking of DGP passing UK despite weak growth of just 3% in 2011. 2012 is also forecast to be weak with growth only around 2.5%. Economists of CEBR who compiled the survey project Brazil´s continued rise in rankings compared to European countries over the years until 2020.

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The number of property sales in Spain increased in the third quarter of 2011, according to the latest reports. Unlucky number 14 The Housing Price Index, published by the National Statistics Insitute, has shown that prices are still declining in Spain, but the appeal of cheap property abroad is still attracting foreign investors, with transactions