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Austerity Europe

Governments taking action to eliminate unsustainable budget deficits are facing a groundswell of public anger and calls for new growth generating policies

Cyprus bailout

Cyprus has reached an 11th-hour €10bn rescue deal with international lenders that avoids a controversial levy on bank accounts and reduces the risk of a meltdown of the debt-laden island’s financial sector

Britain in Europe

David Cameron is under pressure from all sides and faces a delicate balancing act in attempting to renegotiate an acceptable UK membership settlement with the EU

Eurozone in crisis

Problems in the bloc rumble on as electorates vote against austerity, forcing policy makers to consider measures to stimulate growth and offset the effects of deficit reduction

Italy politics

Enrico Letta’s unprecedented coalition with Silvio Berlusconi’s centre-right People of Liberty party and Mario Monti’s small centrist party faces an economy mired in recession

Libor scandal

Regulators from around the world are looking into possible manipulation of global interbank lending rates by big US and European banks

Japan - war on deflation

A policy of aggressive monetary easing is underway in Japan to rid the economy of the deflation that has dogged it for almost two decades

Bank bonuses

The battle over bankers’ bonuses remains in the spotlight as the EU moves to introduce a cap of twice salary, effective from January 2014

Syria uprising

The Arab awakening’s most violent crisis has cost the lives of at least 60,000 people according to a comprehensive study by the United Nations

Great tax race

As the G20 pledges to crack down on multinational tax avoidance, the Financial Times looks at how and why governments help companies reduce their tax burden

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