A European bank run around the bond market

Nov 16, 2011
The teachable moment out of the European financial mess today involves creeping contagion in unlikely places.

Merkel: To get through crisis, more Europe needed

Nov 14, 2011
Economist Julia Coronado discusses the difficult situation Europe is in right now and what German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to happen.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives to speak to delegates on the first day of the 24th CDU Party Congress in Leipzig, Germany.
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The root of Italy's problems

Nov 14, 2011
Berlusconi may be gone, but Italia's problems persists. Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains how Italy got into the mess it's in today.

Europe’s toughest hour since WWII

Nov 14, 2011
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warns that Europe needs a closer political union to climb out of financial crisis.

Euro crisis: A view from London to Los Angeles

Nov 2, 2011
The programme I present, Business Daily, is broadcast on the BBC's World Service and has a world agenda. But recently we've spent a lot of time...

Eyes on Brussels as Europe's problems simmer

Oct 21, 2011
With only days to go before a deadline to come up with a plan to settle the European sovereign debt crisis, the main players are still a long way from accord

Eurobonds, and why (many) Germans hate them

Aug 16, 2011
Rising debt in several Euro-member countries is forcing Europeans to consider ... issuing more debt! This time, in the form of a Eurobond. So, w...

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