Precious metals ends higher on Euro debt crisis

Bullions traded heavily backed by the once again erupted Euro crisis where in The European Commission said it isn't in discussions with Portugal over a possible bridge loan giving certain weakness to Portugal.

Which got its rating cut by Moody's Investors Service for the second time in three weeks to Baa1 from A3, This move put the country at the same level as Ireland, Russia, Mexico and Thailand.

Emerging Market Leader Reacts to Massive Bailout Plan Announced by U.S. Government

WASHINGTON – September 20, 2008 -- Today's market increases and the announcement by the U.S. government to undertake a major bailout plan to restore confidence in the world financial system, prompted a rare comment from Alexander Mirtchev.

Foreign exchange: End of the euro exchange rate?

The ongoing debt crisis in the euro area poses a threat to the future of the euro exchange rate suggests think tank.

The euro exchange rate is lower against the majority of major currencies it pairs with.

News out this morning is that the risk is roughly one in seven that Europe's ongoing debt crisis will push member nations to abandon the shared currency.

Politics will bedevil resolving the euro crisis

Last week’s widening in sovereign bond spreads and the results of stress tests on Irish banks have reminded us that the eurozone has made hardly any progress in actual crisis resolution – in spite of its pretentious grand bargain. Over the next few weeks, I will try to map out various scenarios of how the crisis might evolve. It is probably the toughest challenge the European Union has confronted in its history. The eventual outcome will depend on a complex interaction of politics, finance and economics.

Murder on the EU Express

With the monetary union coming apart, the finger-pointing has begun. Who really killed Europe?

You remember Agatha Christie’s classic whodunit Murder on the Orient Express? The problem for the great Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot was that there were far too many suspects. The strange death of the European Union may prove to be a rather similar case.