31. Greece is striving to bring down its inflation in order to qualify for membership of the euro zone. 32. Greece is the only EU country that sought entry into the euro zone but failed to qualify for the initial group. 33. In anticipation, banks across the euro zone disabled ATMS in the afternoon, changing software and loading them with euro notes. 34. In an interview with the weekly Die Zeit released Tuesday, Duisenberg noted that interest rates in the euro zone are at historically low levels. 35. In anticipation, banks across the euro zone had disabled ATMS in the afternoon, changing software and loading them with euro notes. 36. In the euro zone, the main risk is that weak labor markets will continue to undermine household confidence and spending. 37. Inflation has been down in the euro zone because of low commodity prices, deregulation and price competition. 38. Inflation in the euro zone has moved little in recent months, perhaps because major expenses such as rent bills remained unchanged. 39. Le Pen wants to scrap the income tax, pull France out of the euro currency zone and erect trade barriers to protect French jobs. 40. Many economists, including Horne, say the next step will be a boom of foreign marriages within the euro zone. |