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European finance ministers have failed to raise $261 billion to help contain the continent's governmental debt crisis.
Finance chiefs from the 17 nations that use the euro agreed Monday to raise $195 billion from eurozone central banks to help the International Monetary1 Fund boost its European assistance. In a conference call, however, the finance ministers were unable to secure the rest of the money from European Union countries with separate currencies.
Leading the opposition2, Britain said it would not contribute to any IMF fund that was only available to the eurozone nations. Britain was the lone3 dissenter4 in a continent-wide agreement earlier this month to impose tighter budget controls on individual governments.
Four other European countries outside the eurozone - Denmark, Poland, the Czech Republic and Sweden - agreed to contribute.
IMF money may be needed
The IMF money could be needed to help rescue Italy and Spain, the eurozone's third and fourth largest economies, respectively, if either defaults on its debts.
Despite the latest setback5, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said Europe will not abandon the euro.
"I have no doubt whatsoever6 about the strength of the euro, about its permanence, about its irreversibility. Let's not forget, this was a key word at the time of the Maastricht treaty. The one currency is irreversible," said Draghi.
The eurozone finance leaders also worked on details of the fiscal7 compact to control deficit9 spending they agreed to earlier this month, a pact8 supported by nine other European Union nations that have separate currencies, but not Britain.
Detailing deficit spending
The UN Conference on Trade and Development, in a new report, underscored Europe's economic plight10. It said the continent faces a full-fledged recession next year and prospects11 for the world economy are bleak12. The UN agency said world leaders need to stimulate13 economic growth, but instead are choosing austerity measures that raise the chance of a global recession.
Financial markets initially14 welcomed the European debt crisis agreement. But since then they have grown skeptical15 that IMF funding will be large enough to handle a new bailout crisis that could be much larger than those already faced by Greece, Ireland and Portugal.
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1 monetary | |
adj.货币的,钱的;通货的;金融的;财政的 | |
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n.退步,挫折,挫败 | |
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adv.(用于否定句中以加强语气)任何;pron.无论什么 | |
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adj.财政的,会计的,国库的,国库岁入的 | |
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n.合同,条约,公约,协定 | |
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n.亏空,亏损;赤字,逆差 | |
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n.困境,境况,誓约,艰难;vt.宣誓,保证,约定 | |
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adj.(天气)阴冷的;凄凉的;暗淡的 | |
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vt.刺激,使兴奋;激励,使…振奋 | |
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起誓,发誓(vow的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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n.全景,全景画,全景摄影,全景照片[装置] | |
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adj.昏暗的,阴天的,阴森的,忧郁的 | |
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