Euro Borrowing Costs Fall to Five-Month Low Versus Dollar Bonds

The cost of borrowing in euros has dropped to the lowest since March versus the dollar as issuance in Europe trails the U.S. and the Federal Reserve moves toward raising interest rates.

Hungary End-to-Easing Pledge Helps Forint Dodge Currency Rout

Hungary’s forint gained, extending the biggest monthly advance in emerging markets, after the central bank pledged to end a cycle of interest-rate cuts.

Britain can afford to live with high debt 'forever', says IMF

George Osborne's obsession with reducing Britain's debt mountain may do more harm than good, research by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has suggested.

Banks Seen Fueling U.K. Property Risk With Loose Loan Safeguards

Banks are relaxing safeguards as they boost lending to commercial-property developers in the U.K., fueling concern they’re sowing the seeds of another real estate collapse.

Eurozone returns to healthy growth after QE bounce – but what next?

There’s a return to healthy growth in the eurozone. Surprised? It’s called the QE bounce. First the head of the central bank says he will inject £1.1tn into the 19-member economic bloc under a programme of quantitative easing (QE).

Buoyed by QE's solid start, ECB policymakers set to meet

The European Central Bank's decision makers meet Wednesday buoyed by the successful debut of a mass bond-buying spree designed to kickstart growth and will likely quash talk of it wrapping up early.

Poland Holds Main Rate in Surprise as Outlook Improves

Poland’s central bank left its main interest rate unchanged today, surprising analysts and suggesting its economic outlook has improved after last month’s bigger-than-expected reduction.

Borrowing costs jump for fragile euro zone states

LONDON (Reuters) - Borrowing costs for some of the euro zone's most highly indebted southern states shot higher on Thursday, as fears of slowing economic growth wounded confidence that the European Central Bank could avert another debt crisis in the bloc.

IMF warns period of ultra-low interest rates poses fresh financial crisis threat

A prolonged period of ultra-low interest rates poses the threat of a fresh financial crisis by encouraging excessive risk taking on global markets, the International Monetary Fund has said.

G20 worried about the 'stumbling block' of Europe's slow growth

The G20 group of leading nations have said they are tantalisingly close to adding an extra $2tn (£1.2tn) to the global economy and creating millions of new jobs, but Europe's extended stagnation remains a major stumbling block.

France dodges rating downgrade - for now

(Reuters) - Moody's spared France a fresh downgrade of its debt rating on Friday even though Paris has overrun its deficit targets, warning the outlook was negative in light of difficulties pushing through reforms.

U.K. Workers Get No Relief as Wage Squeeze to Extend Into 2015

U.K. households will have to wait until the second quarter of next year before the squeeze on their living standards starts to properly ease, according to a Bloomberg survey of economists.

Bank of England edges closer to interest rate rise

The Bank of England signalled it is edging closer to a rise in interest rates but admitted it is in the dark about the true state of the British economy.

Rebound in euro zone credit ratings: overdue or overshoot?

(Reuters) - Rating agencies are falling over each other to upgrade the euro zone's crisis countries, but with debt levels in most still rising and growth and reforms slow, the question is whether the new-found optimism has swung too far.

Pound Bulls Unfazed by Carney’s Tone Say Rally Isn’t Over

Pound bulls still have reason to be optimistic following the Bank of England’s attempts to temper interest-rate expectations, according to firms from Bank of New York Mellon to Mizuho Bank Ltd.

Bankers win friends again in Europe with lure of easy money

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Jacques de Larosiere says he is an isolated and modest man. Yet the 84-year-old former head of the International Monetary Fund is one of the most influential voices in European and global finance.

Greece returns to bond markets, says end of bailout nears

LONDON/ATHENS, April 10 (IFR/Reuters) - Two years after nearly crashing out of the euro zone, Greece returned to the bond market on Thursday with investors hungry for high returns scooping up its debt in a 3-billion euro deal that could mark the beginning of the end of its bailout.

Euro zone banks slow crisis loan returns as extra cash falls

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The pace at which euro zone banks are repaying their crisis loans to the European Central Bank has slowed significantly as extra cash in the system reaches critically low levels.

Emerging market storm boon for euro zone's periphery

LONDON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - A reversal in fortunes between southern Europe and once-booming developing economies has triggered a substantial allocation shift by global funds out of emerging assets and into the euro markets they fled two years ago.

Independent Scotland May Find EU Entry Impossible, Barroso Says

An independent Scotland would find it “extremely difficult, if not impossible” to gain entry to the European Union, Jose Barroso, the European Commission president, said today.