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Cypriot Shock Heard Round the World
March 18, 2013
Global financial markets were shocked over the weekend by a deal between EU finance ministers and the government of Cyprus, pending ratification by Cypriot legislators,that subjects all bank deposits in that country to a levy of 7.5% for accounts under 100,000 euros and 9.9% for amounts over that threshold. In return for this unprecedented penalty […] More
