# Prof. Nouriel Roubini says Ukraine should sign the EU Association Agreement

1 Faculty News September 21, 2013 ![Bloomberg logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/bloomberg192x144.jpg?itok=yV529lwz)>

Excerpt from [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-21/roubini-urges-ukraine-to-sign-eu-accord-over-russian-deal.html) -- "Ukraine should work with the European Union rather than a Russian-led customs union in order to boost its economy, said [Nouriel Roubini](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/nouriel-roubini), a professor of economics and international business at New York University. Ukraine’s 'macroeconomic condition is fragile' because of widening current-account and fiscal deficits and growing needs for external financing, Roubini said today at the annual Yalta European Strategy Conference on Ukraine’s Black Sea coast."

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