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When the regulated do not like the regulation, they jeopardise the regulator's career. Should we worry for Andrea Enria? Central bankers should not only be above suspicion of...

Some people may blame capitalism for the financial crisis, but the blame lies elsewhere. “Capitalism in crisis” was the vogue term being bandied about at the

There are limits to the notion, held particularly by Germans, that protection from market pressure would only impede adjustment and reform. For the third year in a row, the...

Lagarde identifies the eurozone as biggest threat. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is involved in a deep, complex and potentially corrosive relationship with the...

Latin America's financial woes led to a ‘lost decade'. The situation in Europe today looks much worse. Turning-points are easy to identify with hindsight, but not in real...

Second rescue package nearly finalised. Eurozone negotiators are close to reaching a deal with financial institutions to enable a second bail-out of Greece, worth €130...

ECB board member says plan to involve private sector in cutting Greece's public debt should be shelved. A member of the European Central Bank's governing council has said...

The eurozone's policy-making, not its economic fundamentals, are the real threat to the single currency. Great empires rarely succumb to outside attacks. But they often...

The European Central Bank is not immune to the growing tensions between member states over the eurozone crisis. The decision by Christine Lagarde, the managing director of...

ECB president says changes to European Financial Stability Facility should have been introduced before banking stress tests. Mario Draghi, the president of the European...

Frenchman will serve an eight-year term on executive board. EU member states have formally approved the appointment of Benoît Coeuré to the executive board...

Only the European Central Bank has the unlimited wherewithal to save Europe from the abyss now. Panic is beginning to overwhelm the eurozone. Italy and Spain are caught in...

Leaders want ESM to have greater powers but Parliamentary approval is required in Finland. The decisions taken at the European Council are intended not only to enforce...

Even with more money from the EU, the International Monetary Fund will need to look for money from elsewhere if it is to help the eurozone's struggling economies. Christine...

Germany's finance minister honoured for his role stabilising monetary union. The judges for the 2012 Charlemagne Prize have exhibited an unfashionable degree of confidence in...

Fund will become operational in mid-2012, but no decision on increasing its lending capacity. The eurozone's permanent rescue fund, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM),...

Not even the eurozone crisis can generate interest among MEPs. The European Central Bank is at the eye of the eurozone's storm. While some argue that the ECB must buy up more...

Amid speculation about the eurozone's impending collapse, it is worth remembering the purpose of creating a single currency. The euro was meant to – and still should –...

Governments must force the markets to change their perceptions of the eurozone. Are the financial markets behaving like children in the ‘terrible twos', throwing tantrums?...

ECB president says bank could step up action if countries agree to tighter economic governance. Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank, has hinted that the...