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The Eurozone Endgame: Four Ways the Euro Could Fail
The euro will not die overnight, but it seems increasingly unlikely that the common currency will survive in its present form. European countries and...
It’s Official: Eurozone Enters Second Recession In Three Years
Despite positive growth in France and Germany, official figures show the 17-nation euro bloc sinking into its second recession since 2009—with experts warning...
If the Eurozone Breaks Up, the World’s Poorest Countries Could Suffer Most
Leaders of the Group of 20 left their latest economic talks Tuesday with no answers to the biggest, most vexing international dilemma: what to do about the...
The Eurozone's Moment: Why S&P is Turning Up the Heat
Standard and Poor's decision to threaten eurozone countries with ratings downgrades may seem like bad timing. But if it keeps markets on edge, European leaders...
Saving the Euro-Zone, One Bank at a Time
Its very name makes eyes glaze over, and its details are so technical that only the wonkiest of financial wonks really grasp them in full. But efforts to forge a...
Photo Essays
Iceland: Portrait of an Island Nation, 1938
With a population of just over 300,000 people and an alternately forbidding and breathtaking landscape of lava fields, geysers, seascapes and majestic...
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European growth still on U. S. agenda, not as loudly
A year after President Barack Obama made an emphatic pitch to Europe's economic powers to focus more on economic growth than austerity, much of the eurozone remains mired in or...
Immigrants help U. S. economy, study says
A new OECD report attributes the rise to the increased movement of people within the European Union, as a result of sweeping unemployment in the crisis-hit countries of the Eurozone ...
Economic Memo: Euro Zone Leaders Hail Even Weak Economic News
After nearly six years of crisis, the bar for good economic news has sunk so low that any sign of deceleration in the tailspin has become cause for celebration. ...
ECB trims 2013 forecast, keeps rates steady
The European Central Bank trimmed its forecast for the eurozone economy in 2013, but left interest rates unchanged as expected. It said it still believes that a gradual recovery...
