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Extract
2:
Fiscal
rules
broken
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Bank
of
England
halts
quantitative
easing
(Guardian,
February
2010)
Budget
deficit
for
2009‐10
is
revised
lower
(BBC
news,
May
2010)
Economists
back
delay
on
government
spending
cuts
(BBC
news,
February
2010)
Economists
urge
swift
action
to
reduce
budget
deficit
(BBC
news,
February
2010)
Forget
cuts
and
keep
spending,
Brown
told
(Independent,
February
2010)
Guardian
special
articles
on
quantitative
easing
How
are
taxes
raised
and
spent?
(BBC
news,
June
2010)
The
cost
of
the
financial
meltdown:
Deficits
and
spending
(BBC
news
special
report)
Tutor2u
blog
articles
on
fiscal
policy
Tutor2u
blog
articles
on
Keynesian
economics
Tutor2u
blog
articles
on
monetary
policy
UK
government
finances
(BBC
Budget
2010
coverage)
UK
government
spending
(BBC
Budget
2010
coverage)
In
Graphics
–
the
Euro
Zone
in
Crisis
(BBC
news
website)