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On the sidelines and over dinner, it s expected that the discussions will broaden to include the election results in Iran and data protection, following revelations about a U.S. counterterror surveillance program.
As always, the summit takes place under heavy security, guarded by 8,000 police backed by water cannon. The venue itself is surrounded by extensive security fences, and on three sides by water. There s only one access road to the closest town, Enniskillen, some 5 miles (8 kilometers) away.
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UNITED STATES: If Europe is the weak link and Asia the strongest, then the U.S. and Canadian economies are squarely in the middle. The two countries are experiencing steady, if not spectacular, economic growth and job gains.
In the U.S., the once-battered housing sector has been recovering for the past year. Home sales have reached three-year highs. And prices have jumped this spring by the most in seven years. That has encouraged builders to start work on more homes.
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has promised to explain to fellow G-8 leaders his strategies for fostering long-term growth. Over the past few months, the yen has dropped from about 80 yen to the dollar in October to about 94 yen now — as the Abe administration tried to bring an end to the country s two-decade stagnation.
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omni royal cresent hotel in new orleans Abe is likely eager to do some explaining after financial markets see-sawed since he presented his initial, broad-brush reform plans last week. Worries about the effectiveness of these measures, combined with the uncertainty over what the U.S. Fed may do, has pushed Japan s Nikkei index into bear market territory with a 20 percent-plus omni royal cresent hotel in new orleans fall.
EUROPE RUSSIA: Europe s leaders hope a new trade deal between the EU and the United States can help spur growth. EU trade ministers agreed last Friday on their negotiating position and it s hoped a deal that would scrap the tariffs and regulations that impede trade might be reached next year.
And Europe needs stimulus. Austerity measures introduced by Europe s governments to control their deficits have inflicted severe economic pain and produced social unrest across the group 17 European Union countries that use the euro
The eurozone s economy shrank by 0.2 percent in the first quarter — the sixth such decline in a row — and unemployment is at 12.2 percent. The situation is far worse in countries that are struggling to reduce heavy debt burdens — unemployment stands at 26.8 percent in Spain, 27.0 percent in Greece.
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