Overall, political uncertainty is likely to keep the EUR vulnerable in the near-term.

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Meike Escherich, principal analyst at Gartner, attributes the overall performance to economic uncertainty in the region, as well as lackluster demand in the wait for Windows 8 machines.

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This underscores the keener European investor uncertainty regarding the overall health of the European Union.

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This underscores the still-keen European investor uncertainty regarding the overall financial and economic health of the European Union.

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While not evident the past few days, the heightened EU uncertainty remains an overall bullish underlying factor for the gold market.

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Is this uncertainty impacting the overall economic recovery in the US?

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While not evident the past couple days, the heightened EU uncertainty remains an overall bullish underlying factor for the precious metals markets, and especially gold.

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While not evident the past few days and certainly not on Thursday, the heightened EU uncertainty remains an overall bullish underlying factor for the gold market.

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Uncertainty now surrounds the overall project after the Irish government downgraded funding due to its tough economic circumstances.

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While not evident Wednesday for gold or silver, the heightened uncertainty is still an overall bullish underlying factor for the precious metals markets, and especially gold.

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The overall European Union sovereign debt crisis remains a major uncertainty and major worry in the market place.

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In the third quarter, economic uncertainty in developed markets and the sluggish market demand for notebook PCs and monitors is expected to dampen overall demand.

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Will long-term forecasting is, of course, inherently difficult and there is extreme uncertainty about a commodity like oil that is affected by, and has an effect on, the overall health of the global economy.

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The overall external balance will depend heavily on capital flows, and the slow pace of recovery may be amplified by political uncertainty, thus pushing more capital out of the country.

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