Latvia Economy And Finance As Baltic Nation Prepares To Adopt The Euro

A shopper counts Latvian lat notes at a vegetable stall in the city’s central market in Riga, Latvia, on Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. The country of 2 million will become the 18th member of the euro area in January after transforming its finances and recovering from the world’s deepest collapse in output four years ago. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg