Political, Economic Turmoil Slam European Markets
April data suggests Eurozone could be headed to recession as new leaders loom in France and Holland
Greek Thinktank Predicts 5% Contraction and "Intense" recession in 2012
Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research returns pessimistic outlook and criticises current austerity measures.
EURO ZONE ECONOMY STALLS
Grim data from the Eurozone Monday suggests the overhang from the region’s sovereign debt crisis â€" and the austerity measures it’s created â€" will have a deeper impact on the economy than first anticipated.
Eurozone Unemployment Hits 10.8% - Highest Level Since 1999
More than 17 million unemployed in February, a 1.5 million increase on same month in 2011.
Eurozone Faces Recession as Economy Contracts
Eurozone economic output contracted by 0.3 percent in last three months of 2011, official figures show.
Eurozone Stats Expected to Point to Recession
EU's Eurostat agency predicted to reveal eurozone economy shrinking 0.4 percent in Q4.
British Women are Fattest in Europe, Says Study
Nearly a quarter (23.9 percent) of the female population in the UK are obese.
Eurozone Crisis: Greece-Goldman Deal That Sparked Debt Mayhem Not Repeated
There are no more debt-masking currency swap deals - like the one between Greece and Goldman Sachs in the early 2000s - that threaten the Eurozone, says the EU's statistical body.
The pain in Spain lies mainly on the Costas
Once the full extent of the financial crisis in Greece became apparent, the governments of the EU, the European Commission and the European Central Bank, set about putting together a rescue package which eventually also took account of money market pressures against Portugal and Spain. Owing to several delays in getting this massive project under way, the money markets rapidly lost confidence in any determined action from the EU and Eurozone countries and had started to concentrate, not simply ...