If investors see a clear path to a sizeable return then external funds can come from all kinds of external sources.

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The downside scenario assumes a return to recession next year, partly as a result of weaker external and domestic demand, with real GDP declining by 0.5% in real terms, followed by a weak recovery thereafter.

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In several public statements, with one as recent as Monday, Sony has said the persistent downtime was due to an "external intrusion, " but has not provided a target date for when services will return.

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The risk must be that whatever government emerges will only prove an interlude before a fresh crisis, in which external pressure once again is required to force Rome to confront the Italian economy's structural shortcomings, perhaps in return for a deal with the European Central Bank to support the government bond market under its Outright Market Transactions program.

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