EU leaders at Brussels summit have agreed to use the eurozone’s bailout fund to support struggling banks directly, without adding to government debt. Speaking after 13 hours of talks in Brussels’, EU chief Herman van Rompuy also said a eurozone-wide supervisory body for banks would be created. Officials said the plans could be finalized during July. Analysts say Germany appears to hav…
a shift away from a focus on austerity in Europe. In its twice-yearly Economic Outlook, the OECD said prolonged economic weakness in Europe could damage the global economy. The OECD, which represents 34 advanced economies, forecast average growth across its members of 1.2% this year and 2.3% in 2014. It painted a troubled picture of the eurozone economy. The forecast of a 0.6% contraction in GDP…
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…president on an anti-austerity ticket, said on Thursday there were “points in common on growth”. “Merkel has moved in the direction I wanted,” he told French TV channel France 2. Adding that he and the German leader had also agreed on the financial transaction tax, he said they still needed to find agreement “on stability”. “There are ongoing discussions,…
Eurozone unemployment rate hit a new record high in October, while consumer price rises slowed sharply. The jobless rate in the recessionary euro area rose to 11.7%. Inflation fell from 2.5% to 2.2% in November. The data came as European Central Bank President Mario Draghi warned the euro would not emerge from its crisis until the second half of next year. Government spending cuts would continue…
likely to be the first leg of a technical recession.” Even Germany, the eurozone’s strongest economy, showed an accelerating decline in output, with its Composite Output Index falling to a 38-month low of 47.0, down from 47.5 in July. German blue-chip companies ThyssenKrupp and Opel are reducing working hours because of weaker demand, while Bosch has announced it is negotiating reduced…
ion”. UK Chancellor George Osborne said the aim of protecting the interests of EU states not signing up to the banking union “has been achieved”. Under the deal, banks with more than 30 billion euros ($39 billion) in assets will be placed under the oversight of the European Central Bank. The ECB would also be able to intervene with smaller lenders and borrowers at the first sign…
…unable to form a government, and new elections seem set to give power to parties that reject the spending cuts that have been agreed with other eurozone governments and the International Monetary Fund 3. Business bankruptcies Greek businesses face a legal and financial disaster. Some contracts governed by Greek law are converted into drachmas, while other foreign law contracts remain in Euros. Man…
Paris. “The picture in France is still deteriorating.” Eurozone unemployment rate has reached another record high in April 2013 Youth unemployment remains a particular concern. In April, 3.6 million people under the age of 25 were out of work in the eurozone, which translated to an unemployment rate of 24.4%. Figures from the Italian government showed 40.5% of young people in Italy a…
…d: “Everyone should weigh their words very carefully.” Earlier, Christian Social Union leader Alexander Dobrindt, an ally of Angela Merkel, said he expected Greece to leave the eurozone in 2013. He said he saw “no way round” a Greek exit. He also called the European Central Bank (ECB) chief Mario Draghi “Europe’s currency forger”. His party, a junior coali…
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…tiations. New rules on prudent banking are seen as vital to bolster the euro, as bank failures triggered the financial crash. Under the deal expected to take effect in March 2014, banks with more than 30 billion euros ($39 billion) in assets will be placed under ECB oversight. The ECB would also be able to intervene with smaller lenders and borrowers at the first sign of trouble. Speaking after th…
…ve a picture of German chancellor Angela Merkel It is not the first time that Il Giornale has been at the centre of controversy with Germany – two months ago after Italy beat Germany in the Euro 2012 semi final they printed a picture of Chancellor Angela Merkel below the headline: “Ciao, ciao culona” which translates as “Bye bye lard arse.” Last year it was alleged that Silvio Be…
echnically ready” for negative deposit rates. The euro fell sharply on the comments, losing 0.6% against the pound to 84.135p, edging it towards the recent low of 83.98p that it reached on April 26. Against the dollar, the euro fell below $1.31. In recent months there have been growing calls for European countries to move away from austerity measures, which critics say are stifling growth. I…
…and send turmoil throughout the global economy. Tough austerity measures were attached to the two international bailouts awarded to Greece, an initial package worth 110 billion Euros ($138 billion) in 2010, then a follow-up last year worth 130 billion Euros. Many Greeks are unhappy with the conditions attached to deals which have been keeping Greece from bankruptcy and all but one of the parties s…
as warning that not too many quick decisions should be expected from the finance ministers’ meeting, which is supposed to add detail to the agreements from the eurozone leaders’ summit on 29 June. The communiqué from that summit said it expected the finance ministers “to implement these decisions by 9 July”, although many analysts say that now looks optimistic. Leaders hav…
…Greek citizens. “The eurozone has shown considerable solidarity having already disbursed, together with the IMF (International Monetary Fund) nearly 150 billion Euros in support of Greece since 2010.” European Council President Herman Van Rompuy has announced that EU leaders want Greece to remain in the eurozone but to "respect its commitments" He said the EU would take act…
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collected. Otherwise, there would be a likelihood of massive withdrawals to avoid it, our correspondent adds. There has also been speculation that Russia could help finance the bailout by extending a 2.5 billion-euro loan already made to Cyprus. Cypriot Finance Minister Michael Sarris will travel to Moscow for meetings on Monday, reports say. There are a lot of Russian deposits in the Cypriot ban…
…nancing needs of Italy, and that probably remains.” European stock markets reacted positively to the announcement, with the FTSE 100 surging 2.1%; the German Dax, 2.91%; the French Cac 40 index, 3.06%; and the Spanish IBEX, 4.91% at the close. Bank shares in particular rose sharply on the news, with French banks Credit Agricole and Societe Generale up 8.44% and 7.76% respectively, while in G…
…days. He said that despite the request, the Cypriot government would continue negotiations for a possible loan from a country outside the EU, such as Russia or China. The country has already borrowed 2.5 billion Euros from Russia, whose business people are important customers of Cyprus’s relatively large offshore financial sector which offers low tax rates. Its banks have lost large amounts…
to remain weak, with heightened uncertainty weighing on confidence and sentiment.” At a media conference following the announcement of the decision he was asked it the situation was as bad as in 2008, to which he replied: “Definitiely not. We are not there at all.” The rate cuts come despite an inflation rate running above the 2% target for the single-currency zone. But the rate…
…quitting the bloc of 17 countries that use the euro. Two opinion polls published on Saturday showed the anti-bailout left-wing Syriza bloc neck and neck with centre-right New Democracy, both on about 25%. Larger countries such as Spain or Italy struggling to ease their debt loads might then become vulnerable, potentially triggering wider eurozone upheaval and even a global financial crisis to riv…
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…and its fragile economic recovery made the country “especially vulnerable” to external shocks, Fitch said. The rating agency added that it expected growth to remain subdued between now and 2015, and unemployment to remain high. Spain has the highest jobless rate in the eurozone, at more than 20%. Fitch agency cuts Italy and Spain ratings However, Fitch said the Spanish economy should…
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