Euro in crisis: In depth news, commentary and analysis of the eurozone bail-out from the Financial Times

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 10, 2012

Eurozone dismisses Greek budget deal

Bail-out hopes dashed as finance ministers find €325m hole in package

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Economic disjunction

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Restructuring debt

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Sovereign debt levels by country

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From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 9, 2012

Germans concerned over Draghi liquidity offer

Bundesbank voices worries about lowering of ECB credit standards

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 8, 2012

Investors debate Italy’s changing fortunes

Monti succeeds in restoring some credibility

From MARKETS Feb 8, 2012

Investors lured back to periphery debt

Investors snap up wave of bond issues from Italy, Ireland and Spain

From MARKETS Feb 8, 2012

Debt investors regain appetite for Europe’s periphery

ECB measures have helped thaw corporate bond markets

Capitalism in Crisis

An investigation into the future of capitalism scrutinising its legitimacy and its weaknesses

Financial transaction tax

A Tobin tax on financial transactions has won the backing of the European Commission

Wolfgang Munchau from COMMENT 11:04pm

Why Greece and Portugal ought to go bankrupt

To ignore reality for another two years will be ruinous

Greece passes vote as violence erupts
FT Alphaville One hurdle down, but more ahead

From COMMENT Feb 9, 2012

Germany and Europe: A very federal formula

Angela Merkel’s plans for a shift in power from EU members to Brussels would generate constitutional problems within Germany and worries among allies, writes Quentin Peel

From COMMENT Feb 10, 2012

False dawns and public fury: the 1930s are not so far away

Saving the euro is not the only priority, writes Martin Taylor

Mohamed El-Erian Deal faces sorry fate
Germany and Europe A very federal formula
Eurozone crisis A deft way to buy time
Martin Wolf Europe is stuck on life support

From COMMENT Feb 7, 2012

Eurozone crisis: A deft way to buy time

ECB chief Mario Draghi has helped hold off a credit crunch but deep economic and political problems remain

The A-List Feb 7, 2012

Europe’s fiscal strategy is self-defeating

There are three ways to read the eurozone’s focus on austerity, writes Jean Pisani-Ferry

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Global Insight from WORLD Jan 31, 2012

Portuguese debt looms over Europe

EU leaders may have to tackle problem in weeks not months

Wolfgang Munchau from COMMENT Jan 29, 2012

Fiscal treaty could trigger a debt explosion

If Spain follows Greece and ignores what happened in Japan, a lengthy recession is likely

Global Insight from GLOBAL ECONOMY Jan 30, 2012

Budget overlord will not solve eurozone woes

German plan is not a coherent response to what went wrong

Philip Stephens from COMMENT Jan 26, 2012

Europe rests on Monti’s shoulders

Italy has returned to the centre of the world’s stage and Mario Monti’s fate may be Europe’s

The A-List from COMMENT Jan 25, 2012

How to pull Italy and Spain back from the precipice

The ECB and EFSF could do what the ECB alone cannot, writes George Soros

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 8, 2012

Merkel says Greece exit ‘not an issue’

German chancellor calls for tougher reforms

From WORLD Feb 2, 2012

China considering deeper involvement in EFSF

Wen says solution increasingly ‘urgent’ during Merkel visit

From MARKETS Feb 3, 2012

ECB tonic buys time for eurozone

As peripheral bond yields tumble, strategists ask will the debt rally last

From WORLD Feb 1, 2012

Spain poses six-pack rules challenge

Madrid unlikely to be able to achieve deficit targets

From WORLD Feb 1, 2012

Credit squeeze threatens eurozone recovery

Banks impose significantly harsher terms on loans

From WORLD Jan 31, 2012

Danish PM holds torch for centre-left

Thorning-Schmidt seeks increased infrastructure spending

From WORLD Feb 1, 2012

Belgium slips into recession

Country sees small fall in output during last quarter of 2011

From UK Jan 31, 2012

Cameron warns European leaders

PM seeks to assuage party annoyance over softer line at summit

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Jan 31, 2012

Eurozone jobless rate at euro-era high

Unemployment data show growing north-south divide in currency bloc

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European Banks

In depth coverage of the sector’s profitability as it attempts to recover from the eurozone crisis

Bail-out hopes dashed as finance ministers find €325m hole in package

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Bundesbank voices worries about lowering of ECB credit standards

Monti succeeds in restoring some credibility

Investors snap up wave of bond issues from Italy, Ireland and Spain

ECB measures have helped thaw corporate bond markets

To ignore reality for another two years will be ruinous

Angela Merkel’s plans for a shift in power from EU members to Brussels would generate constitutional problems within Germany and worries among allies, writes Quentin Peel

Saving the euro is not the only priority, writes Martin Taylor

ECB chief Mario Draghi has helped hold off a credit crunch but deep economic and political problems remain

There are three ways to read the eurozone’s focus on austerity, writes Jean Pisani-Ferry

EU leaders may have to tackle problem in weeks not months

If Spain follows Greece and ignores what happened in Japan, a lengthy recession is likely

German plan is not a coherent response to what went wrong

Italy has returned to the centre of the world’s stage and Mario Monti’s fate may be Europe’s

The ECB and EFSF could do what the ECB alone cannot, writes George Soros

German chancellor calls for tougher reforms

Wen says solution increasingly ‘urgent’ during Merkel visit

As peripheral bond yields tumble, strategists ask will the debt rally last

Madrid unlikely to be able to achieve deficit targets

Banks impose significantly harsher terms on loans

Thorning-Schmidt seeks increased infrastructure spending

Country sees small fall in output during last quarter of 2011

PM seeks to assuage party annoyance over softer line at summit

Unemployment data show growing north-south divide in currency bloc

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