Policymakers looking to persuade Germany and other wealthy euro zone countries to pool their debt with less well-off neighbours may need to keep things short and simple. A persistent shortage…
France's response to "yellow vest" protests could be a turning point for euro zone bond markets if it kicks off an era of increased public borrowing in the bloc and…
High-grade eurozone debt remains scarce even though the European Central Bank has stopped its huge purchases of new bonds, intensifying concerns that banks will face future collateral shortages and highlighting…
urozone governments are increasingly relying on hedge funds to help them meet their borrowing needs, which risks leaving them vulnerable to a debt market sell-off driven by a class of…
They are both tough men of a certain age used to getting their way. In one corner stands Wolfgang Schaeuble, the dry 72-year-old German Finance Minister and self-appointed guardian of…
Prodding governments to do more to boost demand and hinting at European Central Bank action to go along with it marks a major shift in ECB chief Mario Draghi's euro…
Europe's fragile recovery is stalling, a batch of economic data showed this week, with analysts warning that France, with the eurozone's second-biggest economy, could be slipping into another downturn. Even…
With the euro zone bond market back to irrational exuberance and economic growth returning slowly if unevenly, politics rather than economics now poses the biggest threat to the long-term endurance…
Every sign that stricken eurozone countries, such as Portugal, are on the road to recovery is held up as evidence that the debt crisis is fading, but wishful thinking is…
Last year was the least tumultuous for the Eurozone since Greece revealed a vast hole in its books back in 2009. The consensus is that 2014 will be just as…
