Debt crisis: live
May 14, 2012
Inflation in Italy has risen 0.5pc month-on-month and 3.7pc year-on-year in April 09.18 Greek market down 3.4pc, banking stocks still down 7pc. This is...
Debt crisis: live
April 26, 2012
Angela Merkel at the Chancellery in Berlin on Wednesday (Photo: Reuters) 07.36 Meanwhile, the US Federal Reserve decided to hold interest rates at 0.25pc...
Debt crisis: Live
April 13, 2012
Growth of 8pc is widely regarded as the threshold at which China struggles to create enough jobs for new entrants to its 800 million-strong...
Debt crisis: live
April 12, 2012
Borrowing costs on 10-year debt have fallen significantly over the past year (Source: Bloomberg) 08.19 More votes of confidence for Spain this morning. ECB...
Debt crisis: live
April 11, 2012
Finance minister Luis de Guindos confirmed that Spain has tipped back into recession, with a 0.3pc contraction in the first quarter. He expects the...
Debt crisis: Live
April 3, 2012
06.25 Back in the UK, the British Chambers of Commerce‘s latest economic survey showed signs the economy is growing again, albeit at weak levels....
Debt crisis: live
March 13, 2012
08.25 You can draw your own inferences – but as mentioned in the 07.35 post, some people are still making money. There, we were...
Debt crisis and Greek bailout: live
March 12, 2012
10.40 Yields on safe-haven 10-year German Bunds and British gilts fell to 1.775pc and 2.1pc respectively as investor bought the bonds as relief at...
Debt crisis and Greek bond swap: live
March 9, 2012
Greece faces fewer interest payments. We got a reprieve. Whether it is good for Europe I have my doubts. While Greek Government spokesman Pantelis...
Debt crisis and EU summit: live
March 1, 2012
The steep decline continues. Markit said that Greece had experienced the most severe reduction in output and new orders recorded in nearly 13 years...