Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
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| 1. ECB keeps rates on hold | February 9, 2012 |
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Decision leaves main refinancing rate at record low. The European Central Bank (ECB) today decided to keep interest rates on hold. |
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| 2. Greece strikes deal on austerity measures | February 9, 2012 |
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ECB president says agreement on cuts has been reached. The Greek government has reached a deal on additional austerity measures that it must implement to qualify for a... |
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| 3. Merkel says time is running out for Greek bail-out deal | February 6, 2012 |
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Talks on new austerity measures to continue Tuesday. Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor, told the Greek government to hurry up and agree to further reforms in order to... |
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| 4. Central bankers in the line of fire | February 4, 2012 |
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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... |
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| 5. Juncker rules out Greek debt talks | February 3, 2012 |
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Meeting on Greek debt deal that was pencilled in for Monday evening will not happen, says Eurogroup president. The president of the Eurogroup of eurozone finance ministers... |
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| 6. A crisis in capitalism? Not yet | February 2, 2012 |
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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 |
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| 7. Delusion and denial in Greece and Germany | February 2, 2012 |
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Why both countries seem to be loosing their grip reality. It is becoming hard to tell whether it is Germany or Greece that has the looser grip on reality. The revelation at... | |
| 8. Behind the ECB's wall of money | January 30, 2012 |
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At some points, banks will stop parking money with the European Central Bank. What will they do then? Throughout the crisis period, the European Central Bank's behaviour has... | |
| 9. The eurozone's strategy of pain | January 27, 2012 |
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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... | |
| 10. The IMF's eurozone woes | January 26, 2012 |
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Lagarde identifies the eurozone as biggest threat. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is involved in a deep, complex and potentially corrosive relationship with the... |
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| 11. A constitutional moment for Europe | January 26, 2012 |
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The European Commission's objections are not the only pressure on Hungary's lawmakers. The outcry over the barrage of laws that Hungary passed before Christmas has focused on... | |
| 12. Greek bail-out and treaty change on ministers' agenda | January 20, 2012 |
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Finance ministers from the eurozone's 17 member states will hold their first meeting of the year on Monday (23 January), with little sign that the sovereign-debt crisis is... |
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| 13. Edging closer to the mainstream | January 19, 2012 |
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Danes seek to opt in after opt-outs. Since Denmark took over the presidency of the Council of Ministers on 1 January, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Denmark's prime minister, has... |
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| 14. Latin lessons for Europe | January 19, 2012 |
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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... |
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| 15. Greece's ‘invisible' green crisis | January 19, 2012 |
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EU environmental policy is one of the casualties of Greece's austerity drive. Behind the depressingly familiar street demonstrations beamed almost nightly from Greece are... |
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| 16. Eurozone bail-out fund's credit rating downgraded | January 16, 2012 |
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Move follows rating agency's decision to downgrade France and Austria; Mario Draghi warns of “very grave state of affairs” in eurozone. Standard and Poor's, the... |
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| 17. Deal close on new Greek bail-out | January 12, 2012 |
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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... | |
| 18. Both sides get it wrong in the Hungarian blame game | January 12, 2012 |
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Suspicion, overstatement, and caricature dominate discussions about Hungarian politics. Standard responses to outsiders who comment on Hungarian politics include: 1) you... | |
| 19. Credit crunch worsening, says ECB | January 12, 2012 |
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Credit crunch continues, but Draghi says ECB support is helping to limit its severity. Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank, today warned of a growing... |
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| 20. Greek debt plan 'should be dropped' | January 6, 2012 |
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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... |
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