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In every economic crisis there comes a moment of clarity. In Europe soon, millions of people will wake up to realize that the euro-as-we-know-it is gone. Economic chaos awaits them -- and the world.

FRANKFURT, May 16 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank has stopped monetary policy operations with some Greek banks as they have not been successfu...

Shareholders need to take a hit. That way, the ground will be cleared for better managed companies and stockholders will be reminded about the responsibilities of ownership. And central bankers should take responsibility too.

Downward pressure on the U.S. economy is already becoming apparent. Data on home sales, industrial production, jobless claims and regional manufacturing surveys have all recently disappointed.

Should Socialist Francois Hollande be elected president of France in the runoff election on May 6, that will help create an antidote to the austerity politics that are dominating Europe.

Pop quiz, hotshot. You're the prime minister of Spain. It's 2005. Unemployment is at a two-decades low. Housing prices are booming. You're worried tha...

However, in contrast to what passes for the economic wisdom of today, an increase in the rate of sovereign bond yields would be a function of deterioration in their credit, currency and inflation risks. But it would never be because of an increase in the prospects for growth.

You may meet five people in heaven, but until that time, you'll need to know seven and a half things each day. Here they are: Thing One: Apple Put ...

Despite their job description, European banks are shying away from lending, and it may be hurting the European economy. European banks parked a nea...

MILAN (Reuters) - European Central Bank Governing Council Member Ignazio Visco said in a newspaper interview on Saturday that the bank will be att...

The situation in Europe is hitting global credit markets, making it harder for companies and banks to secure loans. Investors are buying fewer corpora...

PARIS/FRANKFURT (Paul Taylor and Paul Carrel) - Pressure mounted on Wednesday for the European Central Bank to intervene more decisively after fin...

The United States, and in fact, the rest of the world, especially the fear-driven crisis-mongering media and markets, could learn a few things by slowing down, realizing it takes time to build healthy economies, especially such a new one as the European Union.

The agreement European leaders reached Thursday night was taken by some as a sign that the eurozone would avoid breakup. Not so fast. Economists, poli...

BRUSSELS (Luke Baker and Mark John) - Europe secured an historic agreement to draft a new treaty for deeper economic integration in the euro zone ...

While the Germans aren't entirely wrong in their belief that lower deficits would restore funding capacity, I don't think they recognize that as currency users debt to GDP ratios may need to be under 30 percent to get to that point.

If the European Central Bank follows in the footsteps of Bernanke, I don't see how the results will be any different for the Europeans. Printing money may sound attractive to the desperate, but it is at best a short-term panacea.

WASHINGTON (Lesley Wroughton) - The International Monetary Fund is inserting itself more forcefully into Europe's efforts to resolve its debt cris...

Not surprisingly, signals of market stress are increasing, with a growing number of measures now flashing yellow and some on the verge of flashing red. The longer this persists, the greater the risk of very large market moves.

BRUSSELS/PARIS (Jan Strupczewski and Daniel Flynn) - Euro zone and International Monetary Fund officials have discussed the idea of the European C...

The contagion of higher borrowing costs in Europe continued to spread on Wednesday, reaching even some of continent's strongest economies, raising nat...