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From Business ETC Debt Crisis

Innovation? Controversy? What’s on the table at today’s meeting of EU leaders?

Yesterday, 9:00 AM 899 Views 18 Comments

Promoting jobs and growth along with balancing budgets will be on the agenda today.

# debt-crisis - Monday 21 May, 2012

From Business ETC Eurobonds

Explainer: What are Eurobonds and why do they matter?

Mon, 10:10 PM 4,941 Views 26 Comments

Your quick guide to current proposals for a commmon euro-area bond.

# debt-crisis - Saturday 19 May, 2012

G8

G-8 leaders to focus on European financial crisis

Sat, 10:21 AM 1,181 Views 14 Comments

Energy will also be on the agenda, as the world looks to the oil markets in advance of scheduled sanctions on Iranian oil exports.

# debt-crisis - Friday 18 May, 2012

G8 Summit

Obama to meet Hollande before G8 summit

Fri, 8:16 AM 677 Views 3 Comments

The new French president is set to visit the White House today.

From Business ETC Debt Crisis

Moody’s in mass downgrade of 16 Spanish banks

Fri, 7:51 AM 1,197 Views 12 Comments

The ratings agency raised fears over the “creditworthiness” of the country and its ability to support its banks.

# debt-crisis - Tuesday 15 May, 2012

From Business ETC As You Were

Eurozone GDP unchanged in the first quarter of 2012

15/05/12 536 Views 2 Comments

Modest growth in the likes of Germany is offset by falls in other large countries like Italy; France is also perfectly flat.

# debt-crisis - Monday 14 May, 2012

From Business ETC Greece

Noonan urges Greek parties to form government and stay in the euro

14/05/12 1,900 Views 52 Comments

Attending a summit in Brussels, Michael Noonan says it is “very important that the eurozone stays intact”.

From Business ETC The Markets

Going down: Markets fall across Europe as Spain sells off €2.9bn of bonds

14/05/12 2,657 Views 16 Comments

Spain paid a higher interest rate on the short-term bonds as markets have reacted badly to the ongoing uncertainty in Greece and the wider eurozone.

# debt-crisis - Saturday 12 May, 2012

Acropolis How

Explainer: New elections? Euro exit? Just what is going on in Greece?

12/05/12 2,779 Views 15 Comments

Political turmoil, soaring unemployment, falling markets, rubbish credit ratings. It’s all going off in Greece at the minute and not in a good way. But what’s going to happen next?

# debt-crisis - Wednesday 9 May, 2012

From Business ETC Banks

Honohan’s call for direct recapitalisation of banks is ‘€64bn too late’ – SF

09/05/12 2,539 Views 55 Comments

Sinn Féin has welcomed a call from the governor of the Central Bank for distressed banks to be directly recapitalised from EU funds.

# debt-crisis - Wednesday 2 May, 2012

From Business ETC Live Register

Unemployment remains at 14.3 per cent, as 4,000 off the Live Register

02/05/12 2,276 Views 44 Comments

The number of people on the Live Register fell by 4,000 last month, though unemployment remained at 14.3 per cent.

From Business ETC Jobs Crisis

Eurozone unemployment reaches highest level in currency’s history

02/05/12 1,373 Views 25 Comments

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the eurozone was 10.9 per cent in March – up by 1pc in twelve months.

# debt-crisis - Wednesday 25 April, 2012

Referendum

ICTU meets today to determine Fiscal Compact stance

25/04/12 981 Views 34 Comments

Three major trade unions have called on its members to vote No in the referendum next month.

# debt-crisis - Monday 23 April, 2012

From Business ETC Debt Crisis

Ireland recorded a 13.1 per cent deficit last year

23/04/12 2,306 Views 13 Comments

Without the whole banking debt, it could have been down to 9.4 per cent.

From Business ETC ESM Treaty

Kenny wants ESM amended to allow direct loans to banks

23/04/12 1,570 Views 18 Comments

The Taoiseach tells the German edition of the Financial Times: ‘There’s a widespread belief that the ESM should lend to banks.’

# debt-crisis - Friday 20 April, 2012

From Business ETC Firefighting

Finance ministers agree to pump €325bn more into IMF

20/04/12 2,556 Views 9 Comments

The world’s 20 largest economies will put $430bn more into the IMF in order to boost its lending capacity.

Bailout

Rabbitte: Ireland deserves ECB recognition for taking a hit on banks

20/04/12 3,051 Views 72 Comments

The Communications Minister said that Labour’s poor showing the polls was to be expected given the economic situation and the historic problems for junior coalition partners.

# debt-crisis - Wednesday 18 April, 2012

From Business ETC Italian Economy

Italian government puts back ‘balanced budget’ plan to 2015

18/04/12 1,130 Views 5 Comments

Mario Monti’s government says the economy will shrink three times more than expected, and that they’ll need more time.

# debt-crisis - Friday 13 April, 2012

Fiscal Compact

Two down, 23 to go: Portugal second country to ratify Fiscal Compact

13/04/12 3,032 Views 9 Comments

Portugal’s parliament ratifies the treaty with a huge majority, following Greece in signing up to the new treaty.

# debt-crisis - Thursday 12 April, 2012

From Business ETC IMF

Lagarde cites Ireland as role model in back-to-work policies

12/04/12 6,786 Views 48 Comments

The IMF managing director said other countries should follow Ireland’s example by targeting training and providing incentives.

# debt-crisis - Tuesday 10 April, 2012

Debt Crisis

Spain village votes on growing cannabis to pay off debt

10/04/12 6,208 Views 33 Comments

The town of Rasquera, with a population of 960 people, will decide on whether to lease land to cannabis-growers in order to pay off debts.

# debt-crisis - Tuesday 27 March, 2012

Debt Crisis

Cowen compares banking crisis to ‘multiple plane crashes occurring at once’

27/03/12 3,787 Views 41 Comments

In a speech in Washington, the former taoiseach also attacks conventional political thinking in advance of the crisis.

# debt-crisis - Monday 19 March, 2012

Translated

Translated: The Fiscal Compact rewritten in layman’s terms Exclusive

19/03/12 11,605 Views 49 Comments

We’ve translated the treaty, sentence by sentence, to try and make the document easier to read for the general public.

# debt-crisis - Wednesday 14 March, 2012

From Business ETC Debt Crisis

Juncker hails “unique opportunity” as Greece gets new bailout funds

14/03/12 762 Views 3 Comments

Eurozone members have agreed to release the first €39.4 billion of funds under Greece’s second bailout programme.

# debt-crisis - Tuesday 13 March, 2012

# debt-crisis - Friday 9 March, 2012

From Business ETC Greece

Success for Greece as huge majority of investors agree to bond swap

09/03/12 2,090 Views 19 Comments

The biggest sovereign bond swap in history will unltimately see 95.7 per cent of investors agree to write down their debts.

# debt-crisis - Tuesday 6 March, 2012

Referendum

Cabinet to discuss timing of ‘one-off’ fiscal compact referendum

06/03/12 1,578 Views 70 Comments

The Cabinet will this morning discuss a draft timetable for putting the fiscal compact referendum to the public.

# debt-crisis - Monday 5 March, 2012

From Business ETC Greek Bailout

12 major investors agree to write off parts of Greek debt

05/03/12 2,680 Views 19 Comments

An organisation representing the biggest holders of Greek debt say they have agreed to a deal that paves the way for Greece’s second EU-IMF bailout.

# debt-crisis - Sunday 4 March, 2012

Recession

Enda Kenny hails Irish ‘resilience’ through crisis

04/03/12 3,148 Views 66 Comments

The Taoiseach acknowledged many people are concerned for the future, but said Ireland has “great potential”.

# debt-crisis - Friday 2 March, 2012

From Business ETC ECB

Deja vu: ECB gives banks new money – and banks save it in the ECB

02/03/12 1,883 Views 20 Comments

Overnight deposits in the ECB surged to their highest ever, just a day after it issued €529 billion to boost credit markets.

# debt-crisis - Wednesday 29 February, 2012

From Business ETC ECB

ECB pumps €529bn of new cash into European banking system

29/02/12 1,067 Views 11 Comments

The second round of unusually lengthy lending sees the ECB lend €529bn to banks, hoping the cash will be passed onward.

# debt-crisis - Tuesday 28 February, 2012

From Business ETC Downgrade

S&P downgrades Greece into ‘selective default’ territory

28/02/12 1,498 Views 11 Comments

The ratings agency demonstrates it can read, by officially acknowledging that Greece’s bond-swap is a ‘selective default’.

Bailout

IMF signs off on latest €3.2 billion loan to Ireland

28/02/12 2,208 Views 60 Comments

The IMF signs off on the fifth review of its bailout, and is releasing €3.2 billion to Ireland – bringing its total IMF debt to €16bn.

# debt-crisis - Monday 27 February, 2012

From Business ETC Debt Crisis

‘An offer they can’t refuse’: German minister wants Greece to leave eurozone

27/02/12 3,520 Views 44 Comments

The interior minister Hans-Peter Friedrich tells Der Spiegel that instead of forcing Greece out, it should get offers it “can’t refuse”.

# debt-crisis - Wednesday 22 February, 2012

From Business ETC Uh-Oh

Fitch: ‘Highly likely’ that Greece will default soon

22/02/12 2,818 Views 22 Comments

The ratings agency has downgraded Greece just one day after EU leaders agreed on a €130 billion bailout deal for the country.

# debt-crisis - Tuesday 21 February, 2012

From Business ETC Bond Auction

Borrowing costs for eurozone bailout fund fall after Greek deal

21/02/12 1,510 Views 7 Comments

The EFSF issues a new round of 6-month bills – with interest rates significantly lower than at the same time last month.

From Business ETC Bond Markets

ECB steers clear of bond-buying for first time since August

21/02/12 1,150 Views 2 Comments

Last week marked the first time in six months that the European Central Bank didn’t intervene in the sovereign bond markets.

# debt-crisis - Thursday 16 February, 2012

Bailout

Bailout for Greece likely to be decided by Monday

16/02/12 1,306 Views 31 Comments

Eurozone finance ministers held a 3 1/2 hour conference call last night to discuss Greece.

# debt-crisis - Wednesday 15 February, 2012

From Business ETC Greece

Doubts remain over approval of Greece’s second bailout

15/02/12 1,286 Views 23 Comments

A meeting of eurozone finance ministers due today has been put back until Monday, due to concerns over “political assurances”.

# debt-crisis - Tuesday 14 February, 2012

From Business ETC Hell-as

Greece’s budget deficit for 2012 is already €1bn bigger than expected

14/02/12 2,058 Views 41 Comments

Greece expected its income for January to be 8.9 per cent higher than last year. It actually fell… by 7 per cent.

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