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Wednesday 6 December 2023 Dublin: 8°C

# The Lost Decade

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Cabinet meetings to decide bloodbath Budget cuts
An evening meeting today – and an all-day knocking of heads tomorrow – should decide how much spending will go.
Uh-oh: two days after reining in, bond yields explode again
The cost of government ten-year borrowing was under 6% on Tuesday. Today it closed above 6.5% again.
Abiding by EU targets kills economy for a decade – ESRI
The economic think-tank says aiming for the EU’s 3% deficit target by 2014 will force Ireland into a downward spiral.
Ireland won't ask EU for budget target extension
The Department of Finance says it won’t ask Brussels to extend its 2014 deadline for reining in the budget deficit.