By ANTHONY HALL, United Press International
There is not much in the playbook about leaders in Europe suddenly forming a block to oppose German Chancellor Angela Merkel on key financial strategies.
By ANTHONY HALL, United Press International
With delicious timing and opportunistic understatement, researchers at polling firm Gallup said confidence in banks among U.S. adults had fallen to a new low.
By ANTHONY HALL, United Press International
At some point, the financial balance shifts for both the borrower and the lender, but that point in Europe is moving quickly.
By ANTHONY HALL, United Press International
Leaders in the eurozone could take two radical steps forward in a hurry, but are unlikely to get much further than that.
By ANTHONY HALL, United Press International
German Chancellor Angela Merkel rebuffed three of her peers over the weekend and a friend, Christine Lagarde, director of the International Monetary Fund.
By ANTHONY HALL, United Press International
There is no more Merkozy in Europe.
By ANTHONY HALL, United Press International
The U.S. Federal Reserve announced a new round of monetary stimulus this week that turned out to be the ultimate futile gesture.
By ANTHONY HALL, United Press International
While U.S. investors fret over the predicament in Europe and tie themselves further down in China, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has another idea.
By ANTHONY HALL, United Press International
Was that a boost provided to markets on the day after the elections in Greece reinforced the status quo?
By ANTHONY HALL, United Press International
With poetic justice, perhaps, the New Democracy in Greece eked out a victory Sunday with clear implications.
By ANTHONY HALL, United Press International
Arguably, the election in Greece on Sunday is the most important the country has ever faced.
By ANTHONY HALL, United Press International
It is all about pride and confidence, two rare commodities these days, and then one day it becomes cheaper to go with the international bailout.
By ANTHONY HALL, United Press International
The headline is predictable: "JPMorgan Knew of Risks," and under that, the subhead is familiar: "Concerning $2 billion loss."
By ANTHONY HALL, United Press International
Nothing was supposed to be scarier than Spain having a financial seizure, but that was when Italy's troubles seemed too far away to count.
By ANTHONY HALL, United Press International
All eyes will be on Spanish bonds this week, with pundits and economists trying to measure the success of Spain agreeing to a $125 billion bank bailout.
By ANTHONY HALL, United Press International
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave a nod to stimulus measures Thursday, but that didn't appease many on Wall Street.
By ANTHONY HALL, United Press International
Here's a twist: Spain, in some ways, feels it is in the driver's seat while negotiating for international help before its banking system collapses.
By ANTHONY HALL, United Press International
If it weren't enough for a financial crisis to blossom into an economic debacle, investors are stuck with inexorable progress as well.
By ANTHONY HALL, United Press International
Europe is inching closer toward a federalist-style economic system with a central power overseeing 27 separate states, like the United States, but different.
By ANTHONY HALL, United Press International
Europe is going through one of the traditional stages of economic recovery for the continent: It is behaving like a massive soap opera.
By ANTHONY HALL, United Press International
Just what the Republican strategists ordered: The unemployment rate ticked up in May to 8.2 percent, the Labor Department said.
By ANTHONY HALL, United Press International
Behind the impulse in Europe to form eurobonds or collectively insure bank deposits is the fear that Spain will require a very expensive fix.
By ANTHONY HALL, United Press International
Markets on Wall Street jumped Tuesday on hints that Greece might not exit the eurozone, revealing investor jitters just as clearly as bad news might.
By ANTHONY HALL, United Press International
Facebook's initial public offering, which could be called the lead balloon of 2012, was supposed to do more than make money for a few select U.S. banks.
By ANTHONY HALL, United Press International
The photos are familiar, but the captions are not, as economic tension skips across the continent of Europe.
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