IMF-World Bank

  • Sep 8, 2011
  • 11 min read

Prospects for Europe in the fourth quarter

Europe's economy is increasingly the result of a balance of tensions between its stronger growth...

EU
  • Sep 8, 2011
  • 2 min read

Greece embraces real reform fearing imminent default

The government's privatisation committee yesterday approved the transfer of state assets to the...

Greece
  • Sep 7, 2011
  • 6 min read

Shorting strategies will squeeze European bank funding

Investors are seeking security from European losses. With pressure on safe havens, some...

EU
  • Sep 5, 2011
  • 2 min read

Lack of reform brings Greek default closer

The authorities have played down Friday's suspension of the EU/ECB/IMF 'troika' mission...

Greece
  • Sep 2, 2011
  • 7 min read

Greek bank merger presages more to come

Piraeus Bank said on August 31 that it had tapped the central bank's emergency liquidity...

Greece
  • Sep 1, 2011
  • 2 min read

Ailing Greece may need more radical treatment

This year's budget deficit will be 8.8% of GDP, breaching the 7.6% target, today's...

Greece
  • Aug 30, 2011
  • 7 min read

EU slowdown is argument for Romanian fiscal restraint

Hopes for a return to growth this year are now in question, after a steep decline in 2009 and...

Romania
  • Aug 29, 2011
  • 2 min read

Slowdown may lead to Basel III implementation delay

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde on Saturday argued that European banks need more capital...

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