The draconian deal imposed by the Eurogroup is worse than a reparations settlement imposed on a defeated enemy.
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Backed into a corner as the banks reached the brink, the Greek prime minister may have fashioned some sort of success, and the prospect of something approaching debt relief a little down the line.
The Greek rejection of the bailout means it’s time to brace ourselves: Grexit is now an 80% probability.
Academic experts respond to the No vote in Greece’s referendum on whether or not to accept a bailout offer from their international creditors.
Would the eurozone redesign its flawed system in the wake of a Grexit?
An analysis conducted in 2007 showed how severe the consequences would be if a country left the euro. How have eurozone officials let it get this far?
With the ECB freezing the level of emergency liquidity assistance it is providing to Greek banks, the nightmare scenario for Greece is already beginning to unfold.
Investment for profit and development should lie at the heart of a solution for the imbalances in Greece and Europe.
A call to break with the leadership of Greece’s ruling party has highlighted the futility of debt-led austerity and the burden it places on people on the wrong side of a banker’s bad bet.
As Greece wastes time seeking war repatriations to help cover its debts, a better solution would be debt forgiveness - with conditions.
Yanis Varoufakis was supposed to have an academic advantage in tangled talks with the Troika. But politics can mess with the most careful plans.
The first ever minutes from the rate setting meeting at the ECB should remind member governments of the Eurozone’s disarray.
The European Central Bank (ECB) symbolises the strange mix of politics and technocracy that marks EU governance. The bank was pushed to centre stage by the eurozone debt crisis and the unwillingness or…
Mario Draghi did get round to announcing a much-anticipated new round of quantitative easing (QE) in the end, but never have nine minutes felt so long. The world tuned into the European Central Bank press…
This Greek election is the most important in recent memory. It appears Syriza has won by a large margin, ending four decades of two-party rule in Greece. Since 2010 – and as a result of austerity measures…
By allowing the European Central Bank (ECB) to start buying debt issued by its member states, the eurozone is copying a strategy now associated with the earlier return to growth in the US and UK. Quantitative…
As investors anxiously await the announcement from the European Central Bank about whether the eurozone will implement quantitative easing (QE), we can tell from the ECB’s track record that it is very…
In one of the most remarkable days in the foreign exchange market for at least 20 years, the Swiss franc rose by an astonishing 30% against the euro in a mere five minutes. This is as a result of the announcement…
Greece is again making headlines, and markets are concerned the euro crisis is back. Actually, the crisis never left. It is just that for a little while both the authorities and the markets chose to cherish…
For faithful followers of the European economy, it feels like déjà vu all over again. Turmoil in Greece is raising doubts about the country’s continued membership in the eurozone. The specter of a “Grexit…
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