Anti-poverty groups condemn the first global trade deal since the creation of the World Trade Organisation.
The eurozone’s youth unemployment rate worsened last month to reach a new record high of 24.4%.
The UK’s finance minister, George Osborne, has sprung a surprise by putting Canada’s central bank chief in charge of the Bank of England.
Spain has crept closer to a bailout as the government leaked plans to cut pension spending.
The Greek economy is on the verge of a 1930s-style Great Depression, as the Athens government predicts a 25% fall in gross domestic product by 2014.
There is one good reason for Greece to stay in the euro: to combat corruption. The country is riddled with it.
After an inconclusive election in Athens, these are some economic scenarios and their likely impact on the Eurozone.
Senior officials in Spain have believed that some areas will have no option but to turn to the central government for bailouts.
Success is threatening to become a problem for Brazil.
Talks appear to be stalling between EU, IMF negotiators and Greek officials.
Developments in Spain and Portugal demand urgent attention.
European leaders were confronted this week by the ugly prospect of a second recession in three years.
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/ 18 November 2011
France on Tuesday slumped to 13th place in a eurozone league table of financial security.
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/ 18 November 2011
The European Central Bank is under pressure to open the money taps to help Italy, which is struggling to fund its debts through the private markets.
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/ 9 September 2011
Greece or Portugal would lose up to 50% of their national income if they quit the euro, according to research by analysts at Swiss investment bank UBS
Ben Bernanke, the United States Federal Reserve chairman, is poised to inject further funds into the US economy.
One of the most successful investment vehicles of the past decade could be sowing the seeds of the next financial crisis.
The International Monetary Fund chief has warned that the re-emergence of global imbalances could be a threat to stability.
The red carpet is out for the Chinese president — a far cry from a miserable working lunch.
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/ 14 January 2011
There is a sharp divide between those economists who view the jump in oil and food prices as part of a trend that will bring higher inflation.
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/ 27 October 2010
China sent the markets into turmoil after it increased its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points
Everyone knows cutting housing benefits just takes us down the route to US-style ghettos
UBS, one of the world’s largest investment banks, wrecked its reputation as a bastion of financial stability after it admitted this week that losses stemming from the United States sub-prime mortgage crisis had spiralled by £10-billion in the first three months of the year to a total of almost £19-billion.