Latvia reports double digit contraction

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Series Details 10.2.09
Publication Date 10/02/2009
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Latvia’s economy shrank 10.5% in the fourth quarter of 2008year-on-year, by far the steepest decline in the European Union – as its consumer boom turned to bust amid the global financial crisis.

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BBC News, 9.2.09: Latvia's economy shrinks rapidly http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7879529.stm
ESO: Background information: Latvian poll threat after rioting http://www.europeansources.info/record/latvian-poll-threat-after-rioting/

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