Euro-Zone Consumer Mood Continues to Lighten

Consumers in the 17 countries that share the euro continued to become less pessimistic in September, but with unemployment still close to record highs and wages growing more slowly than inflation, that is unlikely to herald a sharp pickup in spending.

Euro-Zone Wages Lag Inflation

Workers in some of the euro zone's hardest-hit economies suffered steep falls in pay in real terms in the second quarter, as earnings growth across the 17-nation currency bloc sank to a near three-year low.

Securing global economic security

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Merkel Rejects Joint Euro Debt, Promises to Stay Hard Course

German Chancellor Angela Merkel told supporters she’ll stand as a bulwark against joint debt in the euro area if she’s re-elected in four days and continue to extract conditions from indebted nations.

French public debt to rise to 95.1 pct of GDP by end-2014: Report

PARIS: France's public sector debt will rise to 1.95 trillion euros by the end of 2014, or 95.1 percent of economic output, up from 93.4 percent of GDP this year, a media report said on Monday.