Europe’s zombie banks: Blight of the living dead

“PROBABLY the most successful monetary-policy measure undertaken in recent times.” That is Mario Draghi’s self-effacing judgment on the outright monetary […]

By Aidualc | 22 Aug 13 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Egypt secures $4.8 billion IMF loan

(By EM) Egypt and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reached an agreement on a 22-month Stand-By Arrangement The agreement was […]

By M Guliyev | 27 Nov 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Regions | Comments (0)

IMF opens talks on new loan deal with Serbia

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has opened talks with Serbia that could potentially lead to a new […]

By M Guliyev | 13 Nov 12 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

IMF gold sales boost for poor

George Osborne said he wrote a joint letter with his French counterpart, Pierre Moscovici, urging the rest of the remaining […]

By M Guliyev | 23 Oct 12 | Posted in Food for Thought | Comments (0)

Global financial system

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The global financial system (GFS) is the financial system consisting of institutions and regulators that […]

By M Guliyev | 14 Jun 12 | Posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Will This Greek Tragedy Climax in the Death of the Euro?

By Doug Elliott, Brookings Institute, Greece could well be out of the euro soon, depending on the results of the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 06 Jun 12 | Posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Brazil wants more IMF power for extra eurozone fund

Guido Mantega wants eurozone nations to put forward more of their own funds Brazil has said that developing nations would […]

By Aidualc | 03 Mar 12 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Western Europe | Comments (0)

China’s Pledge to Support Europe: Reading the Tea Leaves

China’s recent announcements that it supports Europe lack details. The open questions are how might China invest and what it […]

By Aidualc | 27 Feb 12 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Euro-zone: Damned with faint plans

Damned with faint plans Euro-zone government bonds have not been made safe—and the euro project remains in peril   THERE […]

By Aidualc | 26 Dec 11 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Are Political Suicides Needed to Save Greater Europe?

by Roya Wolverson, curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com, Greek tragedy strikes again. European and Greek leaders are at each other’s throats about Greece being […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 06 Sep 11 | Posted in The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)