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Greece passes austerity package
"The Greeks have actually pulled off an unprecedented amount of fiscal austerity, but it's had a bigger knock-on effect on their economy than was projected," said Simon Tilford, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform in London. "They're deep in a debt trap. Further cuts in public spending are just compounding the underlying problem in the economy, which is a huge lack of economic activity."