Cyprus: Leaving Larnaca searching for Eurozone’s FDR
The economic crisis in Cyprus is leading to a number of flights. Economics Editor Faisal Islam sees a parallel with the economic landscape of America in the 1930s.
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Cyprus secures a last-minute, 10bn euro bailout in a deal which will see its second largest bank closed and those with the largest deposits facing a levy to raise funds.
Cyprus is confronting a grim choice – either levy 5.8bn euros from people’s bank accounts or let its banks collapse and face exit from the eurozone.
As the banking crisis in Cyprus continues, what comes next? And what has happened to other EU countries that have been bailed out?
The economic crisis in Cyprus is leading to a number of flights. Economics Editor Faisal Islam sees a parallel with the economic landscape of America in the 1930s.
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