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Europe sets up emergency lifeline worth 750bn euros

Top European Union leaders has welcomed the European Central Bank's surprise 750-billion-euro bond buying stimulus package and vowed they would do whatever it takes to protect the bloc's economy.

German finance minister warns of market bubble

The global economy faces a financial bubble from central banks pumping cash into economies, Germany's finance minister warns.

Greece imposes capital controls as crisis deepens

Greece closes its banks and imposes capital controls on Sunday to check growing strains on its crippled financial system, bringing prospect of being forced out of euro into plain sight.

March 19, 2020
March 19, 2020

Europe sets up emergency lifeline worth 750bn euros

Top European Union leaders has welcomed the European Central Bank's surprise 750-billion-euro bond buying stimulus package and vowed they would do whatever it takes to protect the bloc's economy.

September 11, 2015
September 11, 2015

German finance minister warns of market bubble

The global economy faces a financial bubble from central banks pumping cash into economies, Germany's finance minister warns.

June 29, 2015
June 29, 2015

Greece imposes capital controls as crisis deepens

Greece closes its banks and imposes capital controls on Sunday to check growing strains on its crippled financial system, bringing prospect of being forced out of euro into plain sight.