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- <title>
- Feb. 15, 1993: Relief at Last!
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
- Feb. 15, 1993 The Chemistry of Love
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- THE WEEK, Page 18
- BUSINESS
- Relief at Last!
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- <body>
- <p>A monetary crisis in Europe forces Germany to cut interest rates
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- <p> Germany's powerful central bank, The Bundesbank, finally did
- what other European governments have been crying out for since
- last September--cut interest rates, dropping its key Lombard
- rate from 9.5% to 9% and discount rate from 8.25% to 8%. The
- surprise move defused the latest crisis in Europe's linked
- exchange-rate system caused by a 10% devaluation of the Irish
- punt and a fierce attack by speculators on the Danish krone, one
- of Europe's strongest currencies. The rate cut also buoyed the
- sinking British pound, which last year was forced completely out
- of the currency grid by Germany's high interest rates. The
- action should lead to similar cuts in other European countries,
- ravaged by high unemployment and tottering near recession.
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- </body>
- </article>
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