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Section A Extract 2: Fiscal austerity and the UK output gap

• Economic growth analysis
• Forecasts for the UK economy
• BBC News - UK Economy

Section A Extract 3: IMF praise for fiscal austerity in Latvia

• Mad Latvia defies its own people to join the euro
• The Invisible Side of Latvia’s ‘Success’ Story: Life with ‘God’s Mercy and the Goodness of Others’ [link no longer working]

Section A Extract 4: Latvia and Iceland: internal devaluation versus exchange rate devaluation

• Economic growth analysis

Section A Extract 5: Economic development in resource-rich economies in sub-Saharan Africa

• Economic growth analysis
• Human Development Index
• Volatile Copper Prices a Sign of the Times
• The Most Volatile Commodity of 2012: Copper
• UPDATE: Antofagasta Says Copper Prices May Remain Volatile

Section B Topic Briefing 3: Quantitive easing

• What is quantitative easing?
• Quantitative Easing - How it Works
• Bank of England - Target Two Point Zero

Section B Topic Briefing 4: The euro

• The domino effect in Europe's debt crisis
• Eurozone debt web: Who owes what to whom?