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From
GLOBAL ECONOMY
12:46pm
Europe slips into ‘mild’ recession
European Commission revises down 2012 growth forecasts
Germany fights eurozone firewall moves
German business confidence still upbeat
PMI data show eurozone closer to recession
Spain teeters on brink of recession
Multimedia
Economic disjunction
Explore the economic strengths of eurozone
Restructuring debt
Audio guide on the four key aspects
Sovereign debt levels by country
Compare the levels of central government debt
From
WORLD
8:03pm
Germany fights eurozone firewall moves
Berlin confident in €500bn European Stability Mechanism
Triple A eurozone group frays over firewall
Germans revive Greek Marshall Plan idea
From
WORLD
5:17pm
Germans revive Greek Marshall Plan idea
Reforms demanded to protect potential investments
Gideon Rachman
America, Greece and a world on fire
Video
Martin Wolf and John Authers on Greece
A-List
Long odds on a happy ending
From
GLOBAL ECONOMY
6:39pm
Triple A eurozone group frays over firewall
Germany, Finland and Netherlands in disaccord
Germans revive Greek Marshall Plan idea
Global Market Overview
Hopes for German economy lifts sentiment
From
GLOBAL ECONOMY
5:16pm
PMI data show eurozone closer to recession
Private sector economic activity back in contraction territory
Video
Euro: stronger for longer
Interactive
PMI tracker
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
Global Insight
from
GLOBAL ECONOMY
Feb 21, 2012
EU politics take centre stage in crisis
French elections will help determine future of euro
Greek accounting cannot hide the urgency for growth
John Kay
Why lashing governments to the mast will always prove futile
From
COMMENT
Feb 20, 2012
What Ptolemy tells us about Germany and Greece
The eurozone needs a theory of relativity, writes Stephen King
Spanish debt market continues to thaw
Eurozone contraction smaller than feared
Global Insight
from
WORLD
Feb 19, 2012
Greek indignation threatens to spread
Fiscal union in the eurozone is already well under way
Wolfgang Munchau
Greece must default if it wants democracy
Editorial
ECB’s loans go further and wider
Global Insight
from
COMMENT
Feb 16, 2012
Berlin keeps unearthly hush on eurozone crisis
In learning to be a leader, Germany can still be clumsy and insensitive
Global Insight
Greeks direct cries of pain at Germany
Gideon Rachman
Don’t be beastly to the Germans
Markets Insight
from
MARKETS
Feb 15, 2012
Bank crisis looms as Europe’s debt woes deepen
Private debt underestimated amid eurozone orthodoxy
Markets Insight
Dollar bears in for US energy shock
Markets Insight
Greek concerns will resurface soon
Editorial
The ECB’s loans go further and wider
A franc farewell
Dancing around Athens’ default
The dilemma of German leadership
Europe’s avoidable growing pains
Lex
Greece / eurozone
taboo broken
China
Europe’s flexible friend
Eurozone compact
Iceland and the euro
Eurozone
German hard core
Global Insight
from
WORLD
Feb 14, 2012
Greeks direct cries of pain at Germany
Rightwing newspaper depicts Merkel in Nazi uniform
Martin Wolf
from
COMMENT
Feb 14, 2012
Much too much ado about Greece
The epic from Athens indicates the eurozone’s structural fragility, writes Martin Wolf
Gideon Rachman
from
COMMENT
Feb 13, 2012
Germany faces a machine from hell
The actions urged on Berlin are unreasonable. Its own solution – structural reform now, political union later – is unworkable
Wolfgang Munchau
from
COMMENT
Feb 12, 2012
Why Greece and Portugal ought to go bankrupt
To ignore reality for another two years will be ruinous
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
From
WORLD
Feb 22, 2012
EU beefs up powers over state budgets
Ministers agree on scrutiny of countries’ spending
From
WORLD
Feb 21, 2012
Eurozone agrees second Greek bail-out
Bondholders forced to take deeper losses in €130bn rescue
From
GLOBAL ECONOMY
Feb 21, 2012
Greek debt nightmare laid bare
‘Downside’ report suggests bail-out could need €245bn
Feb 21, 2012
Eurozone government bonds rally
Worries ease as disorderly Greek default threat recedes
From
WORLD
Feb 20, 2012
Central bank aid sought in Greek bail-out
Rescue package could climb to €170bn
From
WORLD
Feb 20, 2012
Sprint to ensure Greek default avoided
Moves to prevent spread of instability
From
MARKETS
Feb 20, 2012
Euro lifted ahead of eurozone meeting
Single currency at best level for a week
From
WORLD
Feb 19, 2012
Brussels poised to vet nations’ budgets
Move seen as a further step towards ‘fiscal union’
From
MARKETS
Feb 19, 2012
Investors seek hedge against euro split
Currency protection products could be politically delicate
From
GLOBAL ECONOMY
Feb 16, 2012
Spain teeters on brink of recession
Recently-installed government battles to slash deficit
From
GLOBAL ECONOMY
Feb 16, 2012
Berlin split on bail-out for Greece
German finance minister wants Athens to default
From
WORLD
Feb 16, 2012
Uncertainty surrounds Greek rescue deal
Athens confident but deadline slips
From
WORLD
Feb 16, 2012
Greek rhetoric turns into battle of wills
Venizelos talks of ‘forces’ pushing Athens out of euro
From
WORLD
Feb 15, 2012
ECB moves to help fund Greece bail-out
Bank prepares to pass bond profits to governments
From
WORLD
Feb 15, 2012
Eurozone contraction smaller than feared
Robust French performance offsets southern weakness
Multimedia
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Debt crisis jargon-buster
Interactive
The eurozone decoded
Audio Slideshow
The EU rescue plan explained
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European News
German business confidence remains upbeat
Hungary hits at Brussels funds threat
Strauss-Kahn freed after night in French jail
Russia threatens to cap EU flights
Doctor confirms Tymoshenko is ill in jail
Dublin to sell up to €3bn in state assets
Brussels blog
Brussels blog: Live blog: Greek bail-out
Brussels blog: More on leaked Greek debt report
Schulz stands up for one seat
More on leaked Greek debt deal documents
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