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USA: The US government’s budget deficit and rising debt recently resulted in a downgrade of the country's credit rating. Do you think you could do a better job managing the budget? Here is your chance to try.

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News: Head-to-Head food special

If you have to live on a strict budget, even small increases in the price of essentials such as food can be a cause for concern. Reports have shown that food prices have risen significantly in the past year, in particular in the UK.

President Barack Obama signs the Budget Control Act of 2011. Photo: P. Souza/WH

Winners and losers

This week’s bipartisan debt-ceiling deal was a victory for the Republican Tea Party movement, but President Obama’s Democrats were the big losers. We look at media comment.

von beiden Parteien ausgehandelte Vereinbarung zur Erhöhung der Schuldengrenze

Just the essentials

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Handtuch

In the box

It's budget season in Britain and the US. This week, we look at media comment on the subject: Britain's finance minister has presented his new budget, while the Americans are still fighting over theirs.

Budgets and banks

This week, we look at media comment on the US budget and on plans for British banks to increase lending to small businesses.

(Staats-)Haushalt

Kreditvergabe an

South Africa’s economy and the 2010 FIFA World Cup

Deficits and football

We look at media comment on Britain’s deficit-cutting efforts and at South Africa’s economy as the 2010 FIFA World Cup opens.

Bemühungen, das Haushaltsdefizit zu reduzieren

(Fußball-)Weltmeisterschaft

The first challenge

The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government in Britain presented its first budget on 25 May. We look at press response.

Haushalt

PM Stephen Harper and Governor General Michaëlle Jean: setting Canada's budget

Cutting back and selling out?

This week, we look at press comment on cutbacks in Britain and on the potential hazards of foreign investment in key Canadian industries.

(Ausgaben-)Kürzungen

Gefahren

Gordon Brown: too optimistic? Photo: WEF

British budget and German thrift

This week, we look at what the business press has to say about the proposed British budget and German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble's plans for a European Monetary Fund.

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