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More, Not Less, Financial Integration Needed in Europe

Antonio Borges | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Capital Flows, Sovereign Debt, Regional Economic Outlook: Europe, Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions, Current Account Deficits, Market Failures, Sustainable Growth, Fixed Exchange Rates, Financial Sector, Regulatory and Supervisory Frameworks, Foreign Exchange Risk, Financial Integration, Banks, European Union, Interest Rates, External Debt, The Euro, Business News
Antonio Borges

Banks -- and the loans they provided in the run-up to the crisis -- are at the heart of Europe's problems today. Policies to promote deeper integration of Europe's banks should be part of the solution.

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FEAR: Ireland's Debt Crisis Could Infect Other Vulnerable Nations

AP | GABRIELE STEINHAUSER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eurozone, Irish Financial Crisis, Ireland Debt Crisis, Ireland Financial Crisis, Irish Debt Crisis, Ireland, Eu, The Euro, World News

BRUSSELS — An anxiously awaited meeting of European finance ministers ended Tuesday without an agreement to bail out Ireland's debt-stricken gov...

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Analysis: Markets Won't Wait For EU On Debt

AP | BRADLEY S. KLAPPER and JILL LAWLESS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Greece Debt Crisis, Eu, EU Debt Crisis, The Euro, Business News

GENEVA — Can anything stop the euro's decline? With the single currency facing the biggest crisis of its existence, European governments this m...

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Oil Prices Fall, The Euro Slides

AP | PABLO GORONDI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil, Oil Prices, Oil Prices the Euro, The Euro, Business News

NEW YORK — Oil prices seesawed Tuesday as investors continued to assess the impact of a $1-trillion-dollar bailout package in Europe. Benchmark...

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Euro May Not Exist In 10 Years, Says Author John Gray

The Guardian | John Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Euro, Hay Festival, Gray's Anatomy, John Gray, Inflation, Recession, Books, Euro, Guardian Hay Festival, Financial Crisis, Books News

It was John Gray's turn at the Guardian Hay festival yesterday. He was here to re-plug last year's anthology Gray's Anatomy, though he inevitably did ...

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Eurozone Crisis Worsens Sharply

Baseline Scenario | Simon Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Europe Crisis, Europe Debt Crisis, Eu, The Euro, Simon Johnson, Business News

The big news is France. With sentiment worsening across Europe, France has lost its relative safe haven status - credit default swap spreads on Frenc...

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Pound, Euro Parity Looming Closer

AP | JANE WARDELL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pound Versus Euro, Finance, Pound Euro Parity, The Pound, Pound Record Low Against Euro, World Currencies, The Euro, Business News

LONDON — The British pound edged closer toward parity with the euro on Friday, hitting a record low for the fifth consecutive day on expectation...

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