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Economic polarisation across Europe is becoming an important phenomenon, in part driven by monetary policies that can increase office prices and can even affect the fundamentals that drive the markets.
If you thought the risk of Grexit was bad, you've got a shock coming in the shape of Italy.
Europe is experiencing a wave of optimism that its seven-year Greek drama may be finally coming to a close. Only one way to do that: Share Greece's pain.
Randal Quarles, the president's first nominee to the Federal Reserve's board of governors, has argued the bank should use rules to make decisions. But could such a shift prove disastrous in a crisis?
Problems at Monte dei Paschi and UniCredit are bad enough without bail-in rules to contend with.
Quantitative easing cannot single-handedly save Europe.
Is the financial system headed for another 'Lehman moment'? Perhaps, but a bailout isn't the solution. More capital is, something Trump should remember as he rewrites U.S. bank rules.
The Italian banking system is on the verge of a crisis. Direct state intervention is needed to solve the problem.
The fears about the City don't look overcooked – here's why.
The ECB has introduced a slate of bold measures to counter low growth and the threat of deflation.
This week: a range of confidence measures, from not great to interesting for Australia; ECB confirms negative rates and further stimulus.
This is what could cause the collapse of the EU – and what could save it.
With economies in Europe and America forging very different recoveries, their central banks are having to navigate by different stars.
The draconian deal imposed by the Eurogroup is worse than a reparations settlement imposed on a defeated enemy.
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.
The first ever minutes from the rate setting meeting at the ECB should remind member governments of the Eurozone's disarray.
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…
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…
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