For two years speculation abounds over the candidacy of Jens Weidmann to succeed Mario Draghi at the helm of the European Central Bank. Weidmann has undermined Draghi Weidmann can hardly contain his ambition,…
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Rome and Brussels are locked in a chicken game over the budget. The pressure is on Italy, as the cost of refinancing its sovereign debt…
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has set himself up for a collision course with Washington that could have serious political and economic implications for the relationship between Ankara and…
The announcement of a deal on trade ensures the European Central Bank will remain on track to end quantitative easing. The Euro was rallying on…
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on Friday that banks may regard capital held against customer deposits as part of their overall reserves. Under…
Italy is renewing its threat to block the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada. Italy’s agriculture minister Gian Marco Centinaio said on Thursday…
May 25, 2018 The European Commission’s proposal for “sovereign-bond-backed-securities” (SBBS) appears to address an unfolding Italian crisis. A bond called security The European Commission envisions…