Brexit could cut euro zone growth to 1.4pc: IMFUncertainties caused by Britain's vote to leave the European Union will cause euro zone economic growth to decelerate to 1.4 per cent in 2017 from 1.6 per cent this year, and downside risks are piling up, the International Monetary Fund said More… |
Greek banks to re-open on MondayThe Greek government ordered banks to open on Monday, three weeks after they were shut down to prevent the system collapsing under a flood of withdrawals, as Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras looked to the start of new bailout talks next week. More… |
Greece accepts reforms needed to get bailoutThe Greek parliament passed sweeping austerity measures demanded by lenders to open talks on a new multibillion-euro bailout package to keep Greece in the euro, but dozens of hardliners in the ruling Syriza party deserted Prime Minister Alexis T More… |
Euro zone clinches deal with Greece after all-night haggleEuro zone leaders clinched a deal with Greece on Monday to negotiate a third bailout to keep the near-bankrupt country in the euro zone after a whole night of haggling at an emergency summit. "Euro summit has unanimously reac More… |
Euro zone demands more from GreeceSceptical euro zone finance ministers demanded on Saturday that Greece go beyond painful austerity measures accepted by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras if he wants them to open negotiations on a third bailout for his bankrupt country to keep it in More… |
Euro zone gives Greece until Sunday for debt dealEuro zone members have given Greece until the end of the week to come up with a proposal for sweeping reforms in return for loans that will keep the country from crashing out of Europe's currency bloc and into economic ruin. & More… |
Greeks defy Europe with overwhelming referendumGreeks overwhelmingly rejected conditions of a rescue package from creditors on Sunday, throwing the future of the country's euro zone membership into further doubt and deepening a standoff with lenders. As the euro slid more More… |
Greece reaches Euro zone loan accordEuro zone finance ministers have agreed in principle to extend Greece's financial rescue by four months, averting a potential cash crunch in March that could have forced the country out of the currency area. The deal, to be ra More… |
Greece, euro zone agree 4-month loan extensionEuro zone finance ministers agreed in principle on Friday to extend Greece's financial rescue by four months, averting a potential cash crunch in March that could have forced the country out of the currency area. The deal, to More… |
Key euro zone consumer prices fall at record paceEuro zone consumer prices fell at a record-equalling pace in January, more steeply than expected and supporting the backers of the European Central Bank's (ECB) money-printing plan to combat sustained deflation. The European s More… |