With price pressures easing and growth slowing, a rate cut is possible when the reserve bank issues its rates decision this week, writes Matt Quigley.
President Francois Hollande must find up to 100-billion if the eurozone’s second biggest economy, France, is to meet deficit-reduction targets.
This week’s purchasing managers’ index figures for 26 countries – including SA – are likely to point to a slowing global economy, writes Matt Quigley.
EU leaders have hailed a eurozone breakthrough, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressing that she stuck to her guns.
Investment remains on hold as the outlook for the global economy worsens and national debt rises, writes Phillip Inman and Larry Elliott.
European finance officials are working on urgent measures to ease financial market pressure on Spain and Italy, which are too big to bail out.
European leaders have drafted a radical plan to turn the eurozone into a fully fledged political federation in an attempt to calm financial markets.
Greece’s finance minister has resigned because of ill health, throwing the government’s drive to soften an international bailout into confusion.
Reports ahead of last weekend said that major central banks across the world were ready to make money available to banks to keep global finance going.
Germany’s Angela Merkel is poised to remove opposition to direct lending by rescue fund in a move seen as a step towards sharing the debt burden.
Greece has begun a second day of coalition talks under the gun from financial markets and world powers after elections won by a pro-euro party.
South Africa has agreed to contribute around R16.6-billion to an International Monetary Fund "firewall" meant to prevent future financial crises.
This week sees a host of meetings in America and Europe as market relief over Greece’s new pro-austerity leaders takes pressure off eurozone crisis.
Germany may be threatening Greece with a eurozone exit but the debt-stricken country has a chance for revenge by knocking its team out of Euro 2012.
Developing countries need to "prepare for the uncertainty coming out of the eurozone", says outgoing World Bank head Robert Zoellick.
Despite the bank bailout, investors believe that the country itself might still have to go begging, writes Giles Tremlett.
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has warned of tougher times ahead for the South African economy, particularly in view of the European crisis.
This week is set to be eventful, as markets weigh in on the EU’s "Spailout" and key economic data emerges from around the world, writes Matt Quigley.
Finance ministers have agreed to lend Spain up to 100-billion to shore up its teetering banks.
G7 finance ministers are backing a greater "fiscal and financial union" as the best way to tackle the debt crisis threatening the single currency.
SA may issue five new bonds this week, helping to plug a 10-year benchmark gap and extend the government yield curve by a further seven years.
The Group of Seven is to hold emergency talks on the eurozone in a sign of heightened alarm about the threat posed by strain in the monetary union.
Britain could be asked to underwrite up to 4.8-billion towards a bailout of Greece if the country exits the euro.
Europe must throw off the burden of the euro if they want their economies to thrive, the UK minister who forced Britain out of the currency has said.
While Euro angst vies for the spotlight with US jobs data, bad news from mining and manufacturing is expected on the home front, writes Matt Quigley.
Eurobonds are being touted as a possible solution for the euro crisis. The Guardian answers a few questions about them.
France’s President Francois Hollande has marked his Brussels debut by challenging Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel over the eurozone bailout.
Europe’s leaders will try to breathe life into their stricken economies but disagreement over plans to alleviate debt chaos has been laid bare.
The eurozone crisis should steal the show this week, while in SA the Reserve Bank is considering interest rates, and inflation is in the spotlight.
Socialist leader Francois Hollande has been sworn in at a solemn ceremony overshadowed by the catastrophic debt crisis threatening the eurozone.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says her party’s loss is a "bitter defeat" but stressed it has no bearing on her belt-tightening policy in Europe.
Facebook’s IPO is likely to be this week’s eagerly anticipated event but, with the eurozone facing renewed uncertainty, hardly the most significant.