January 14, 2013

Germany's Not-So-Wunderbar Economy

Throughout the euro crisis, Germany has been the area’s growth engine and enforcer of fiscal rectitude. Now economists and policymakers are warning that Germany may be reverting to some old bad habits.

January 13, 2013

Greek parliament approves tax change under rescue terms

ATHENS: Greece's parliament early Saturday approved a new tax bill, part of the latest batch of fiscal reforms tied to the country's next slice of EU loans.

January 12, 2013

Draghi says eurozone not past turning point yet

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — European Central Bank President Mario Draghi says the euro area's struggling economy is showing early signs of improvement and should grow modestly by the end of 2013 but it is not out of the danger zone yet as it struggles with recession and too much debt.

January 11, 2013

The euro crisis no one is talking about: France is in free fall

FORTUNE -- Given investors' confidence in its sovereign debt, and its image as Germany's principal partner in the sturdy, sensible "northern" eurozone, you'd think that France endures as the co-guardian of the endangered single currency.

January 10, 2013

'Disappointing' trade deficit figures a drag on recovery renewing triple-dip fears

Britain's trade deficit narrowed in November as exports rose more than imports, but the fall was below forecasts, which economists warn will act as a drag on growth and further threatens a triple-dip recession.