Euro Jobless Record Not Whole Story as Italians Give Up

Euro-area data this week will probably show the region ended 2013 with a record jobless rate that reveals only part of the social legacy of the debt crisis.

Moody's maintains French debt rating

The US agency affirmed the bond rating one notch below the top AAA rating.

Euro zone to assure IMF it will keep funding Greece: EU official

(Reuters) - The euro zone will assure the International Monetary Fund in coming months that it will continue to bankroll Greece, enabling the IMF to disburse its share of international aid to Athens, a senior European Union official said on Friday.

Schaeuble Says Europe’s Back After Years of Euro Crisis

Europe’s back from the years of crisis in the euro area thanks to German-led prescriptions of reform, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said.

Euro Zone Government Debt Falls For First Time Since Crisis

The debts of euro-zone governments fell in the three months to September, the first decline since the end of 2007, and an indication that the currency area may be getting on top of one of its most pressing problems.