Taktik kuno. Mengalihkan persoalan di negeri sendiri dengan memerangi negara lain. Seperti kita tau, krisis ekonomi yang melanda Eropa memaksa negara-negara maju itu melakukan berbagai penghematan. Tetapi tidak untuk memerangi negara lain. Kuno.
Menurut kabar, demo rusuh yang diikuti sekitar 1/4 juta orang di London Sabtu kemarin adalah yang terbesar sejak demo tahun 2003 untuk menentang serangan ke Irak. --- British economy shrank 0.5% in fourth quarter 03/29 | 10:22 GMT LONDON (AFP) - Britain's economy shrank slightly less than previously thought in the fourth quarter of 2010, official data showed Tuesday, but analysts warned that it does not signal rosy times ahead. Gross domestic product (GDP) contracted 0.5 percent between October and December compared with the third quarter, as cold weather hampered the construction industry, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. Its third and final estimate was a slight improvement on the second estimate published last month, which said GDP had contracted by 0.6 percent. An initial figure in January matched the final reading of minus 0.5 percent. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires had forecast no revision to the final figure. "GDP growth contracted by 0.5 percent in the latest quarter, revised from a fall of 0.6 percent previously published," the ONS said in a statement. It added that between October and December, GDP was an unrevised 1.5 percent higher compared with the fourth quarter of 2009. "Slightly lesser GDP contraction than previously reported in the fourth quarter of 2010 does not fundamentally change the UK economic story," said Howard Archer, chief European economist at research group IHS Global Insight. "The data still show that the economy suffered a marked loss of momentum at the end of 2010, which could not be attributed solely to December's bad weather. "As such, the data fuel concerns over the underlying strength of the economy -- particularly as the fiscal squeeze had only nibbled rather than really started to bite in the fourth quarter of 2010." Britain's Conservative-Liberal Democrat government is slashing state spending in a bid to virtually eliminate a record public deficit it inherited from the previous Labour administration after winning power last year. Critics say the coalition's austerity drive is stunting Britain's recovery from recession, while the government last week lowered its official forecast for 2011 GDP growth to 1.7 percent from an earlier estimate of 2.1 percent. ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
