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Mario Draghi has made a positive impact as head of the European Central Bank, but it may not be enough to save the eurozone. Mario Draghi has scored two – related –...

Rules to prevent another crisis have to take into account the problem of ‘moral hazard'. As the financial crisis claimed one victim after another, governments...

The European Central Bank is finally stepping out of the shadow of the US Federal Reserve, which will make life easier for Jean-Claude Trichet's successor. Soon, probably...

The financial sector is still in the “doom loop” – and so, therefore, are we. It has become fashionable among Washington insiders – Democrats and Republicans alike...

Loss of global influence and a Swiss-style relationship with the European Union beckon for the United Kingdom unless it decides to embrace the euro in the next decade....

Judged by events in Seoul, the G20 is not the seat of global governance. Rarely has a modern German politician poured such scorn on the United States as Wolfgang...

Searching for the roots of trans-atlantic economic policy divergences. In the early 1980s, the infamous Laffer curve, named after Arthur Laffer, a professor of economics at...

A look at who might succeed Jean-Claude Trichet as president of the European Central Bank. The front-runners to replace Jean-Claude Trichet as president of the European...

Examining the role of politics in central banking. These are uncertain times for the world's central banks, those (usually) government-owned institutions that, in recent...

Eurozone leaders must work harder if they are to prevent the Greek crisis from spreading to other countries weakened by debt problems. When finance ministers and central...

Efforts are under way to restore the economies of the EU and the US to health, but neither a ‘double dip' recession nor a bubble can be ruled out. Intense international...

A Conservative victory in next year's general election in the UK might complicate the EU's attempts at reforming financial services supervision. UK Prime Minister Gordon...

The euro may be strong against the dollar, but changes in the currency market are not always a good thing. Robert Zoellick, the president of the World Bank, is no economic...

There is a disjuncture between the profits reported by American and European banks, and the fragility of the economic recovery. Six months ago, in the wake of the September...

The global economic crisis is assuming biblical proportions. Joaquín Almunia, the European commissioner for economic and monetary affairs, let the cat out of the bag a...

The European Commission's proposed reforms of financial supervision would have a profound impact on the UK. Tony Woodley is probably not a name that German politicians are...

Despite Obama's return home, the EU should keep economic recovery on track. Ahead of the visit to Europe by US President Barack Obama, continental Europe was momentarily...

The European Central Bank is our best hope in troubled times, even if EU leaders try to use it as a scapegoat for economic ills. According to Mervyn King, the governor of...

The European Central Bank should be handed a leading role in cross-border banking supervision to foster stability in the financial system. You will look in vain for economic...

Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank, is showing courage in setting the anti-inflation agenda. Imagine the exchange: “Good morning, Ben.”