Posts Tagged: Euro

Greek program needs redesigning, says PIMCO CEO

      By Tom Ellis Greece should take up the issue of separating the 50 billion euros that went toward recapitalizing the country’s banks from the country’s public debt with its European partners and the International Monetary Fund, says

Greek program needs redesigning, says PIMCO CEO

      By Tom Ellis Greece should take up the issue of separating the 50 billion euros that went toward recapitalizing the country’s banks from the country’s public debt with its European partners and the International Monetary Fund, says

The Economist’s Excellent Barclays Cover

  The Economist does a very nice number on the Barclays scandal.  

The Economist’s Excellent Barclays Cover

  The Economist does a very nice number on the Barclays scandal.  

CHART OF THE DAY: The Most Important Chart In Europe Is A Disaster

  We’ve been talking a lot about what we think is the most important chart in Europe—yields on Spanish bonds that mature in less than three years. (High yields mean Spain is paying through the nose to borrow when it

CHART OF THE DAY: The Most Important Chart In Europe Is A Disaster

  We’ve been talking a lot about what we think is the most important chart in Europe—yields on Spanish bonds that mature in less than three years. (High yields mean Spain is paying through the nose to borrow when it

David Cameron ‘prepared to halt immigration of Greeks into UK’ | UK news | The Guardian

Dear Mr. Cameron, I read the following Post in the guardian site and I would like to kindly ask you to concentrate more on your domestic issues rather than dealing with the rare occasion of getting immigrants from Greece. You

David Cameron ‘prepared to halt immigration of Greeks into UK’ | UK news | The Guardian

Dear Mr. Cameron, I read the following Post in the guardian site and I would like to kindly ask you to concentrate more on your domestic issues rather than dealing with the rare occasion of getting immigrants from Greece. You

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Finns, Dutch cast doubt on eurozone deal

Finland and the Netherlands, the euro zone’s most hardline creditor states, cast the first doubts on Monday on a European summit deal designed to save Spain and Italy from being engulfed by the currency bloc’s debt crisis. The Finnish government

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Finns, Dutch cast doubt on eurozone deal

Finland and the Netherlands, the euro zone’s most hardline creditor states, cast the first doubts on Monday on a European summit deal designed to save Spain and Italy from being engulfed by the currency bloc’s debt crisis. The Finnish government

ECB representative tells Athens to focus on reforms

Greece would benefit more from speeding up structural reforms than spending time right now on renegotiating its bailout deal with its lenders, European Central Bank executive board member Joerg Asmussen told The Economist Conference in Athens on Monday. “The first

ECB representative tells Athens to focus on reforms

Greece would benefit more from speeding up structural reforms than spending time right now on renegotiating its bailout deal with its lenders, European Central Bank executive board member Joerg Asmussen told The Economist Conference in Athens on Monday. “The first

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Euro-Zone Shark Still Has Its Appetite

“A shark has to constantly move forward or it dies. And I think what we got on our hands is a dead shark.” Woody Allen’s description of his failing relationship with Annie Hall is as apt when applied to the

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Euro-Zone Shark Still Has Its Appetite

“A shark has to constantly move forward or it dies. And I think what we got on our hands is a dead shark.” Woody Allen’s description of his failing relationship with Annie Hall is as apt when applied to the

Saving the Euro through scaring Germany

Der Spiegel’s leak should make life easier for Angela Merkel. Then again, it might not. The German weekly magazine has published an internal report from the finance ministry in Berlin claiming that a break up of the euro would lead

Saving the Euro through scaring Germany

Der Spiegel’s leak should make life easier for Angela Merkel. Then again, it might not. The German weekly magazine has published an internal report from the finance ministry in Berlin claiming that a break up of the euro would lead

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Euro-Zone Economic Outlook Remains Weak

The European Central Bank might have to take more action to spur growth in the euro zone after data published Friday suggested that German consumers are beginning to feel the strain of the debt crisis and the ECB’s earlier injections

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Euro-Zone Economic Outlook Remains Weak

The European Central Bank might have to take more action to spur growth in the euro zone after data published Friday suggested that German consumers are beginning to feel the strain of the debt crisis and the ECB’s earlier injections

Was Merkel’s Surprising “Defeat” Merely A Gambit For A German Referendum?

As details from Thursday’s European Memorandum of Understanding, which has all the binding power of a ‘highly confident letter’ issued by a third tier investment bank, continue to be non-existent, the questions, and conditions, are accumulating fast. While the ESM

Was Merkel’s Surprising “Defeat” Merely A Gambit For A German Referendum?

As details from Thursday’s European Memorandum of Understanding, which has all the binding power of a ‘highly confident letter’ issued by a third tier investment bank, continue to be non-existent, the questions, and conditions, are accumulating fast. While the ESM