Monetary policy

Council of Ministers

EU leaders to search for united response to financial turmoil

Summit seeks to end impression of disarray; practical actions to stabilise markets.
Thursday, 9 October 2008

Monetary policy

ECB cuts interest rates

Rate cut is part of an unprecedented, co-ordinated move by six central banks.
Wednesday, 8 October 2008

Parliament

Swedish Greens soften EU stance

Party abandons opposition to EU membership, but continues to oppose adoption of the euro.
Monday, 6 October 2008

Monetary policy

ECB holds interest rates steady

Eurozone central bankers keep key rate at 4.25% despite fears of recession.
Thursday, 2 October 2008

Performance

Purging the toxins

Deregulation was the root cause of the financial crisis; more regulation is needed to uproot the causes.
Saturday, 27 September 2008

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Monetary policy

How Europe brought the euro to life

The father of the European Central Bank's monetary policy pulls back the curtains, a little.
Thursday, 25 September 2008

Performance

A word to the wise: heed the harbingers of doom

A once-in-50-year storm has arrived – and may change the political climate.
Thursday, 25 September 2008

Treaties

EU is a soft power, even with Lisbon

The Lisbon treaty would not have given the EU the teeth to tackle either the Georgia crisis or the global financial turmoil.
Thursday, 25 September 2008

Monetary policy

Financiers' modesty

Or an indigestible crisis? Plus, an unwilling Italian godfather.
Thursday, 18 September 2008

Monetary policy

ECB mans pumps amid US firestorm

But central bankers refuse to lose sight of inflation; ECB chief warns of risk from high wage demands.
Thursday, 18 September 2008

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