Sovereign Debt Crisis

New French President Focuses On Euro Crisis

AP | ANGELA CHARLTON | Posted 05.10.2012

PARIS — French President-elect Francois Hollande didn't wait to take office to press his agenda for digging Europe out of economic crisis: He me...

How Greece Could Take Down Wall Street

Ellen Brown | Posted 04.22.2012

Ellen Brown

A definitive Greek default is thought by some analysts to be quite likely, and to be coming soon.

Five Problems With The Greek Debt Deal

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 02.21.2012

There are only three greater sources of confusion in the world than what's going on in Greece, and they are all found in quantum physics, David Lynch ...

Greece, Germany and the Eurozone Sovereign Debt Crisis

Sheldon Filger | Posted 04.17.2012

Sheldon Filger

The concept that a common currency can be used by 16 nations with vastly different economic and fiscal policies was sheer folly. The current Eurozone debt crisis is not only an acute economic and debt crisis. It is also political farce, with a heavy dose of irony.

Global Economic Crisis 2012

Sheldon Filger | Posted 03.04.2012

Sheldon Filger

All signs point to 2012 witnessing an acceleration of the negative economic and fiscal metrics that plagued advanced and major emerging economies in 2011.

On Its Tenth Anniversary, Euro Takes Blame For Struggling Economy

AP | By SARAH DiLORENZO | Posted 12.30.2011

PARIS -- Just three years ago, the euro was being praised as the can-do currency that had delivered unprecedented prosperity in Europe. Now, it's wid...

UPDATES: German Business Owners Optimistic Despite Debt Crisis Worries

Posted 12.20.2011

BERLIN (Alexandra Hudson) - German business sentiment rose sharply in December, defying expectations for a decline and underscoring the resilience...

Bonnie Kavoussi

Crunch Time: Bank Downgrade, Credit Squeeze Signal Possible Return To 2008

HuffingtonPost.com | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 12.15.2011

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

European Crisis: Pressure For More ECB Action After Summit Falls Short

Posted 12.14.2011

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

IMF: Eurozone Agrement Only Partial Solution To Debt Crisis

Posted 12.11.2011

TEL AVIV (Tova Cohen and Ari Rabinovitch) - An agreement reached by European countries for deeper economic integration was a step in the right di...

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has warned lenders against being so risk-averse as to prompt a credit crunch.

Posted 12.11.2011

FRANKFURT - The European Banking Authority (EBA) has warned lenders against being so risk-averse as to prompt a credit crunch. It also said reg...

Where Is Hamilton When Europe Needs Him?

James Bacchus | Posted 02.08.2012

James Bacchus

The fundamental problem is that for all their summiting, for all their meticulous planning, and for all their considerable progress together for more than half a century, there is still no one country called "Europe."

Bonnie Kavoussi

The Next Bank Bailouts

HuffingtonPost.com | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 12.09.2011

The bank bailouts of 2008 created a firestorm of public anger in the United States. Now European leaders are trying to avoid the same fate. It's not l...

Pulling Back the Curtain on the Wall Street Money Machine

Ellen Brown | Posted 02.06.2012

Ellen Brown

We have forgotten our roots, when the American colonists thrived on a system of money created by the people themselves, debt-free and interest-free. The continued dominance of the Wall Street money machine depends on that collective amnesia.

Soros: Global Financial System On Brink Of Collapse

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 04.12.2012

Billionaire investor George Soros says that the global financial system is on the brink of collapse. Developed countries are falling into a "defla...

EU Leaders Seek Agreement On Rescue Plan With Euro's Future At Stake

Posted 12.04.2011

PARIS (Paul Taylor) - The euro faces a decisive week as European Union leaders, urged on anxiously by the United States, seek agreement on a convi...

Bonnie Kavoussi

Arianna Says Greece Should Leave Eurozone

HuffingtonPost.com | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 12.03.2011

Some economists have warned that the economic consequences for Europe could be dire if Greece leaves the euro. But Arianna Huffington, president and e...

Bonnie Kavoussi

Crisis In Europe Threatens Retirement Funds

HuffingtonPost.com | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 12.02.2011

As Europe teeters on the edge and the eurozone faces the possibility of a breakup, Americans readying themselves for retirement may need to shield the...

Bonnie Kavoussi

Federal Reserve Keeps Europe At Arm's Length

HuffingtonPost.com | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 11.29.2011

As the eurozone crisis continues to develop, pressure for the European Central Bank to act is mounting. Many want the ECB to bail out troubled Europea...

The E.C.B. Fiddles While Rome Burns

Ellen Brown | Posted 01.28.2012

Ellen Brown

To some people, the European Central Bank seems like a fire department that is letting the house burn down to teach the children not to play with matc...

Eurozone Crisis Causing Companies To Plan For The Unthinkable

Posted 11.29.2011

LONDON/BOSTON (Ben Hirschler and Scott Malone) - When Novo Nordisk's chief financial officer met marketing colleagues last Friday the conversation...

Bonnie Kavoussi

Crisis In Europe Threatens World Economy

HuffingtonPost.com | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 11.28.2011

As a breakup of the eurozone -- a once seemingly impossible scenario -- becomes increasingly likely, economists are starting to sketch out what a post...

Fed Announces New Bank Stress Tests

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 11.22.2011

As the sovereign debt crisis in Europe threatens to spill over into the United States, the federal government wants to make sure that banks are prepar...

European Central Bank And The Sovereign Debt Crisis

Sheldon Filger | Posted 01.22.2012

Sheldon Filger

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.

IMF Playing Larger Role In Addressing Europe Debt Crisis

Posted 11.20.2011

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