http://www.marketwatch.com/story/hungarys-gdp-drops-by-76-in-second-quarter-2009-08-13 http://www.marketwatch.com/story/romanias-gdp-tumbles-by-88-in-second-quarter-2009-08-13
The dominoes are shaking. When one falls...... Some of the eastern countries have their currencies hard pegged to the Euro. The reserves are running out. If the peg fails, watch out.
germany and france rose by 0.3 percent. so that makes up for it (no way). http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8198766.stm