2016-01-28 08:00

The New Sick Man of Europe Has an AAA Credit Rating

Finland's Prime Minister Juha Sipila. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
Finland's Prime Minister Juha Sipila. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
A chronically depressed economy, rising unemployment and an aversion to free-market reforms. Sound like a familiar European tale? 

But it‘s not Greece, Spain or Portugal. It‘s Finland.

As the indebted and ailing countries in the euro region‘s southern rim struggle out of their six-year crisis, some with more success than others, Finland is succumbing to its own. 

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