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Edward Markus - founder, owner and chief analyst of ECR Research and ICC - is coauthor of this blog. Austerity vs Growth The focus in Europe is ...
The ECB has decided to cut rates by 25bps to a record low of 50bps this week, in a move that was widely expected. Despite much of the reporting of thi...
The euro zone needs German inflation to rise, so as to address the imbalances in competitiveness between member states without condemning much of the currency union to semi-permanent slump and unsustainable indebtedness.
The decision on April 5 by Portugal's Constitutional Court to strike down a number of savings measures contained in the government's 2013 budget has increased the chances that Portugal will need a second bail-out and shortened the odds on an early election.
Even in the depths of global economic despair in 2009 when we needed really aggressive monetary policy, the measures used and the quantum of money printed as Quantitative Easing was much too timid, and anyway it got stuck in the bowels of banks' balance sheets as excess reserves as they were all too terrified of lending money on to real people or businesses, as the policy intended.
SEE ALSO: April Fool Or Does Snap Show German Chancellor Angela Merkel Aged 18 At Nudist Beach? With a eurozone in crisis, Cyprus on the brink and ...
The ten things you need to know on Monday 25 March 2013... 1) POOR SAVES SAVED; RICH RUSSIANS SCREWED What is it with politicians and late-Sunda...
British savers and companies are facing a nervous wait with negotiations over a bailout deal for Cyprus on a knife-edge, with the EU's finance commiss...
Ireland still has a way to go to ensure the sustainability of its public debt. Without a return to solid economic growth, reducing the government debt stock of almost 120% of GDP will be an arduous task.
This is a potential game changer and a warning for austerity politicians from the third biggest economy in Europe. Watch the fear spread throughout the political classes.
Even though Fellini was not around to direct them, the recent general elections certainly look like they are following his scripts.
There once were two great cities: Athens and Sparta. The Athenians were the first to achieve impressive wealth and for a generation the Spartans could do no more than look on in envious admiration. What was their secret, the Spartan leaders asked?
All three parties jostled to claim the credit for David Cameron's historic negotiation for a cut to the EU budget - with Labour, Lib Dems and Tory bac...
European leaders have agreed a cut in the EU budget after German chancellor Angela Merkel sided with David Cameron's demand that Brussels tighten its ...
As long as people (and the media) focus on doom and the possibility of doom, then people will read about it, talk about it and wait for it to happen.
David Cameron on Thursday night demanded billions of pounds in pay and pension cuts from the EU's pampered civil service in a show of solidarity with ...
French business leaders have taken heart from the fact that a long-awaited report on competitiveness will not be quietly buried.
Despite mass unemployment, low-growth economy and falling living standards, privatization remains the ultimate dogma of the neoliberal doctrine.
A European Commission scheme is offering nearly £1,000 to unemployed European youths to come and work in the UK. The incentive, called "Your First...
Whilst those harmed by Greece's actions must have some channel of recompense, by refusing to accept a denizen's right to determine their own governance the European community are engaging in a form of authoritarian economic imperialism.
Business Secretary Vince Cable has warned that Europe could be plunged into war if the euro was to collapse. The senior Liberal Democrat said the c...
Leaving aside the many facts that point at a not-so-healthy Germany (mini-jobs, pension crisis), the ultimate question looming on Chancellor Angela Merkel's porch is: when will she be ready to admit German financial institutions behaved like barking-mad lenders?
Europe's Industrial Revolution did not only bring us the pleasures of pollution, but the welfare state too was a direct result of the then thriving economic climate. While its remnants are being methodically dismantled across the Old Continent as the blind belief in privatisation assumes evangelical dimensions, China, and the overall Asian continent, is investing in public spending.
Of the main three sectors in a developed economy (services, manufacturing and construction) manufacturing is the one to show the signs of a slowdown first. The reason is simple; retailers and wholesalers cancel or reduce orders in the face of slowing consumer demand and work instead from stockpiles of goods.
Portugal may well be the country where the eurozone's solidarity is put to the test. Patience with the Greek government's foot-dragging is wearing thin, but Portugal has done all that has been asked of it.
