Blog: Never mind the debt Europe, what about growth?

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The arguing amongst the Eurozone finance ministers yesterday was about as exciting as watching an episode of the X-Factor - and at the end of it you felt similarly disappointed.

They might have fudged something close to a solution to the D-Factor (the debt factor that is) but it won't take the markets long to worry about something else - the G-Factor. Because ultimately it's not the debt that really matters but growth - or lack of it. Already this week we have had a member of the MPC Martin Weale suggesting the UK is facing the potential of a double dip recession and that cheerful economist Nouriel Roubini - Dr Doom - saying there is a 50% chance of a global recession. Add all this together and while the drama of the Greek debt discussions might have been av...

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