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Britain won backing from its European Union partners on Monday to prevent parts of its financial services sector potentially having to relocate to the euro zone. Britain is already taking the European Central Bank to the bloc's...

European Central Bank from next year. Germany, the euro zone's largest economy, has long worried that it could face potentially unlimited liabilities if countries in the single currency area pool their funds to cope with...

BRUSSELS/BERLIN – Germany signaled on Wednesday it was ready to back plans for the European Central Bank to be made the chief supervisor of banks, raising the prospect of a breakthrough on the European Union’s most ambitious...

Mersch comments from a speech in Hamburg: EU budget rules only effective if applied strictly Budget goal extension shouldn’t become the rule in EU The trend of abandoning austerity has a long way to go, despite protests from... All similar articles: 69 »

The euro is emerging as an unlikely oasis in the latest bout of market turmoil. Assets ranging from Japanese stocks to emerging-market bonds to U.S. Treasurys have slumped this spring, as investors brace for the possible...

Thousands of German activists converged on Frankfurt, one of Europe's most important financial centers on May 31 and June 1. Their slogan "Blockupy Frankfurt!" was the rallying cry for a protest of the German and European Union...

JUN 18 LOUGH ERNE, Northern Ireland - G8 Summit (Final Day). WASHINGTON - U.S. Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) holds two-day meeting on interest rates. LONDON - IMF's deputy director Zhu Min speaks at LSE...

Bundesbank President Weidmann is perpetually fighting against ECB action so his comments should be taken with a grain of salt: We agree in the ECB that monetary policy can`t solve the crisis Only structural reforms can lead the...

Written by Ben Southwood | Monday 17 June 2013 Will Hutton tells us, in last Thursday's Guardian , that widespread consensus on the UK's staying out of the EU is wrong-headed—joining would have kept our exchange rate low, which...

The Daily IndigoStar7 / News Ticker The Daily IndigoStar7 / News Ticker I started this thread to quench the thirst of anyone who needs somewhere to cruise for news and get a little bit of a global perspective from as many...

ECB board member call for a European bank wind-up fund financed by a banking levy First published: Tue, Jun 18, 2013, 01:14 Europe should eliminate so-called “zombie banks” hobbling the continent’s economic recovery with a bank...

Sunrise Market Commentary Rates: more consolidation in bond markets An article in the WSJ and weaker eco data helped bonds to more gains, which were still corrective in nature. On EMU bond markets, semi-core and peripheral...

Financial fragmentation in the euro area has been officially declared as Public Enemy No. 1 by European politicians. Considerable speculation has swirled in recent months around the idea that the European Central Bank may be...

Key Euribor rates unchanged as ECB easing seen less likely FRANKFURT, June 17 (Reuters) - Euribor bank-to-bank lending rates remained unchanged on Monday as financial markets see a lower chance of further monetary policy easing...

By Rodney Hobson for Morningstar via QFinance Rodney Hobson had felt it was difficult to find opportunities in the UK stock market, but the recent reaction to economic news has allayed his concerns. Back to Front Markets have...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Mario Draghi flagged the central bank's readiness to act as recent signs of stabilisation in the euro zone mean that its interest rates are a more effective tool again....

THE CENTRAL Bank of Cyprus (CBC) defended itself yesterday against criticism that it authorised gratuitous emergency liquidity to Cypriot banks, thereby saddling the lenders with unnecessary additional liabilities. In a...

Alibaba Group stakeholder Yahoo! said talks aimed at resolving a rift over Chinese online payment platform Alipay have been "constructive."Yahoo! notified the US Securities and Exchange Commission in May that ownership of...

Push to improve central-bank transparency results in airing of conflicting views and increased volatility in the U.S., Japan, and the EU. By Simon Kennedy and Rich Miller, Bloomberg June 17, 2013 • Reprints What central banks...

Among the long list of items bundled by consensus reality merchants under the banner of ‘conspiracy theory’, is a world without cash – where technocrats rule over the populace, and everything and anything is exchanged via...

Although there were some signs of calming down last week many investors are clearly far from happy and abnormal market movements can be expected to continue for a while yet. Federal Reserve Building (Photo: Reuters) For me, the...

Mon, Jun 17 2013, 22:21 GMT | FXstreet.com ECB’s Mersch says EU isn’t doing enough to oppose unsound fiscal policies FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - A summary of views from Societe Generale's European clients suggests that the ECB...

G8 leaders said today that world economic prospects remained weak even though downside risks have lessened. The World Bank Just Slashed Its Forecasts For Global Growth The World Bank just published an update to its latest...

Jun 17, 2013 (Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex) -- A network of national authorities wouldn't be effective in making timely decisions to wind down failing banks, an executive board member with the European Central Bank...

G8 urges Europe to move on bank reform Japan to fix budget G8 urges Europe to move on bank reform Japan to fix budget General Sources - Monday 17th June, 2013 European Central Bank from next year. Germany, the euro zone's...

An interesting report popped up on Reutersthis afternoon. According to internal documents seen by the news agency, the UK has secured another important safeguard on financial services. Specifically, during last week’s...

The Federal Reserve meeting that concludes Wednesday is the most important event of the week. There are now few participants, if any, that expect the Fed to reduce its long-term asset purchases now or even next month. Many see...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers will discuss on Thursday how to decide which creditors will lose money and in what order during future bank rescues by the bloc's bailout fund, the European Stability Mechanism.... All similar articles: 125 »