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Why The Eurozone Crisis Matters To New Hampshire’s Economy

To people not directly involved in fixing, analyzing, or monitoring the Eurozone crisis, it can take on the character of black magic.  And it’s easy to think that the dark arts of the European Central Bank’s low-interest lending initiatives, national bond auctions, and bailout talk have little bearing on our daily lives. In fact, they […]

Citizens Bank Workers Likely Untouched By Parent Company RBS Layoffs

The Boston Globe reports the Royal Bank of Scotland Group plans to cut 4,800 jobs in response to “volatile markets and new regulations in the United Kingdom.”  RBS is the parent company of Citizens Bank.  While the report doesn’t mention New Hampshire specifically, it appears the layoffs will largely be concentrated in Europe: “RBS spokesman […]

How A European Recession Could Hurt Key Export States–Including NH

Recently, Wells Fargo Securities released a short report offering a state-by-state look at the places that could be hardest-hit by a potential European recession.  Since New Hampshire has carved out a healthy niche for itself in the high-tech components export market, we thought this report might be of interest to our StateImpact readers. For its […]

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