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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.
The Italian banking system is on the verge of a crisis. Direct state intervention is needed to solve the problem.
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…
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…
The European Central Bank’s decision to cut its interest rates further showed that the zero rate rubicon holds no fear, while one substantial bullet was kept in the barrel. It is a useful marker for markets…
In July 2012 European Central Bank president Mario Draghi famously announced that the ECB would do “whatever it takes” to rescue the Euro. And he added: “Believe me, it will be enough.” In fact, it has…
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