But Army General Tommy R Franks, who heads the US Central Command and enforces the southern no-fly zone, recommended reducing the number of patrols but maintaining a minimum number to check possible movements of Iraqi troops towards the Saudi and Kuwaiti borders.

BBC: US generals urge Iraq patrol cuts

By reducing credit availability national central banks can contravene the euro zone's wider monetary stance.

ECONOMIST: The Bundesbank should not exert its new clout too zealously

On Wednesday, Greek conservative leader Antonis Samaras was sworn in as prime minister at the head of a pro-austerity government, reducing the chances for a Greek exit from the euro zone.

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Reducing real wages in Spain would be easier if euro-zone inflation were higher.

ECONOMIST: World economy

The sovereign debt crisis in the euro zone and the lingering uncertainty over the repercussions of the debate on reducing the Federal deficit in the United States have the potential to impact the global debt origination market that account for approximately 43% of the revenues of the equity underwriting and debt origination segment of Goldman Sachs.

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