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The European Central Bank has announced a [pounds sterling]10bn lifeline to help shore up Ireland's banks system just hours after a sharp credit-rating downgrade threatened to undermine confidence in the [...]

ECB intervention The central bank chief's feint caught markets unawares and kept the crisis strategy on track, says Ralph Atkins Like a boxer wanting more power for his punch, the [...]

Economic impact Crisis in 'periphery' countries will test the capacity of authorities to fight fires, says Ralph Atkins A eurozone country faces an escalating crisis. Europe's politicians argue and emergency [...]

Money Supply blog (Ralph Atkins): German industrial production fell 0.8 per cent in September, according to the Berlin economics ministry, a bigger drop than analysts expected. After Friday's disappointing orders [...]

GDP forecast to grow 1.7% this year Cautious economists still voice warnings The eurozone's economy will grow this year at nearly twice the pace forecast in the spring, the European [...]

Trichet warns risks to outlook remain Emergency liquidity extended into 2011 The European Central Bank said yesterday eurozone growth this year would be much stronger than previously expected, but betrayed [...]

Too early 'to declare victory,' says Trichet Industrial orders surge in Germany The eurozone's economic recovery was surpassing expectations but it was too early 'to declare victory', the European Central [...]

The eurozone's economic recovery has surpassed expectations but it is too early 'to declare victory', the European Central Bank said yesterday, striking a notably more upbeat tone than the US [...]

Carmakers gear up for surge in orders German businesses have shrugged off Europe's debt crisis with corporate optimism in the continent's largest economy rising to its highest level for more [...]

Eurozone inflationary pressures have weakened even further, with a closely watched indicator of underlying price trends falling to the lowest levels since before the launch of the euro in 1999. [...]

Recovery Sweden's central bank has predicted it will raise interest rates earlier than previously forecast in a sign of confidence that European economic recovery is gathering pace. The Riksbank left [...]

The global economic rebound is becoming entrenched, led by the US and fast-emerging countries such as Brazil, according to a business survey today that reveals a sharp improvement in corporate [...]

winners and losers Some effects of the global crisis are startling, writes Ralph Atkins Astriking feature of the global economic crisis has been its synchronised impact around the world. The [...]

ECB likely to stay cautious on rates Eurozone economic confidence has rebounded to levels last seen a year ago - but the recovery shows further signs of losing momentum with [...]

World leaders seek to unwind programmes OECD forecast less severe than expected World leaders yesterday pledged to develop plans for unwinding emergency support for the global economy once the current [...]

World leaders seek to unwind programmes OECD forecast less severe than expected World leaders yesterday set out the first steps toward withdrawing emergency support for the global economy even though [...]

Monetary policy The central bank's rate-setting meeting next week is unlikely to rock the boat, writes Ralph Atkins Caution, as ever, is its watchword, and a wise central banker would [...]

Refreshed by a holiday in France, Jean-Claude Trichet, European Central Bank president, might have a spring in his step at this weekend's gathering of monetary policymakers at the Jackson Hole [...]

general retailers Chief says spending upswing out of sight Earnings down 6% in second quarter Metro, the German retailer, yesterday dashed hopes for a rebound in Europe's largest economy when [...]

The Federal Reserve pushed back against expectations of an early rise in US interest rates yesterday as the European Central Bank pumped hundreds of billions of euros in one-year loans [...]

Action could boost eurozone's recovery The European Central Bank yesterday pumped hundreds of billions of euros in one-year loans into the eurozone's weakened banking system, making record amounts of emergency [...]

Action could boost eurozone's recovery The European Central Bank yesterday pumped hundreds of billions of euros in one-year loans into the eurozone's weakened banking system, making record amounts of emergency [...]

The European Central Bank yesterday pumped hundreds of billions of euros in one-year loans into the eurozone's weakened banking system, making record amounts of emergency finance available in a bid [...]

Jobless figures Eurozone unemployment has hit its highest level for almost four years, led by steep rises in Spain, while inflation has again proved weaker than expected. Joblessness in the [...]

Jobless figures Eurozone unemployment has hit its highest level for almost four years, led by steep rises in Spain, while inflation has again proved weaker than expected. Joblessness in the [...]

Global crisis hits exports hard Businesses expect weaker expansion Confidence in the prospects for business this year has plunged dramatically among manufacturers in Brazil, Russia, India and China, in the [...]

The rapid contraction of Germany's industrial sector shows no sign of abating according to data showing a record monthly fall in output at the end of last year. Industrial production [...]

Borrowing costs still have further to fall after the Bank of England cut interest rates by another half a percentage point to hit a 315-year low of 1 per cent, [...]

The outlook for the global economy looked increasingly bleak last night after figures from the UK, the US and mainland Europe pointed to falling output and rising unemployment. In Britain, [...]

500,000 US jobs lost in December Problems mirrored round the world The human cost of the global downturn is becoming ever more evident, with figures due out today likely to [...]

ECB president warns eurozone policymakers BoJ governor forecast adds to global gloom European policymakers must not tear up the rule books when launching emergency economic rescue packages, Jean-Claude Trichet, the [...]

ECB president warns eurozone policymakers BoJ governor's forecast adds to global gloom European policymakers must not tear up the rule books when launching emergency economic rescue packages, Jean-Claude Trichet, the [...]

GDP expected to contract next year SNB lowers outlook for inflation Switzerland has cut its interest rates for the fourth time in two months to counter a looming sharp downturn [...]

UK falls to 2% and ECB reduces by 75bp Trichet warns of grim global outlook Interest rates were slashed on a historic scale across Europe yesterday as central banks reacted [...]

Eurozone forecast to follow suit Downturn could mirror early 1990s Germany has officially plunged into recession with economic activity contracting much faster than expected in the third -quarter, intensifying fears [...]

Economic Outlook Germany has officially plunged into recession with economic activity contracting much faster than expected in the third quarter, intensifying fears about the depth and duration of continental Europe's [...]

Eurozone forecast to follow suit Downturn could mirror early 1990s Germany has officially plunged into recession with economic activity contracting much faster than expected in the third quarter, intensifying fears [...]

IMF predicts recession in leading economies Equity markets plunge amid fears for profits Interest rates were slashed across Europe yesterday as the continent's central bankers decided the outlook for their [...]

IMF predicts recession in leading economies Equity markets plunge amid fears for profits Interest rates were slashed across Europe yesterday as the continent's central bankers decided the outlook for their [...]

Outlook worsens at central banks Equity markets plunge amid fears for profits Interest rates were slashed across Europe yesterday as the continent's central bankers decided the outlook for their economies [...]

Invoking once more 'that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: yes, we can', Barack Obama summed up in this week's acceptance speech his message of hope [...]

Growth will almost halt, says Brussels Outlook for 2009 is 'precarious' Europe's economic growth will grind almost to a halt next year, dragged down by a weak UK, but the [...]

UK worst large economy in Europe Outlook for 2009 is 'precarious' Britain will be the worst performing large European economy next year, slipping into a deep recession with sharply deteriorating [...]

Growth will almost halt, says Brussels Outlook for 2009 is 'precarious' Europe's economic growth will grind almost to a halt next year, dragged down by a weak UK, but the [...]

Eurozone Eurozone interest rates will almost certainly be cut again next week, the European Central Bank signalled yesterday, as collapsing German business confidence confirmed the devastating impact the bank crisis [...]

Eurozone Eurozone interest rates will almost certainly be cut again next week, the European Central Bank signalled yesterday, as collapsing German business confidence confirmed the devastating impact the bank crisis [...]

Output decline fastest in a decade Interest cut could fail to revive growth The eurozone economy contracted sharply in October as the global bank crisis slammed the brakes on business [...]

Output decline fastest in a decade Interest cut could fail to revive growth The eurozone economy contracted sharply in October as the global bank crisis slammed the brakes on business [...]

Industry leaders gloomy on growth Markets pencil in November move For eurozone interest rates to fall, it has long been clear that the European Central Bank would have to be [...]

Commission issues gloomy outlook Inflation, financial turmoil worry ECB Germany, the UK and Spain all face recessions this year, the European Commission forecast yesterday, dashing finally any remaining hopes that [...]