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Quantitative Easing in 5 key questions
June 25th, 2015
On January 22, 2015, the European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi launched the institution’s Quantitative Easing (QE) program. QE is an exceptional measure, taken when traditional means of stimulating activity and growth prove ineffective. Learn more about the concept via five ...
Greece Lurches Closer to Default
June 25th, 2015
European officials resumed talks on Greece’s bailout on Thursday after a day of negotiations broke up in the early hours without ending the standoff that has brought the country on the cusp of a default. With the Greek government ...
Does The IMF Actually Want To Cause A Greek Debt Default?
June 24th, 2015
When it comes to geopolitics, there are often wheels working within wheels that are working within wheels. Once in a while we get a peek behind the scenes, but for the most part the machinations of the global elite ...
How EU data protection law could interfere with targeted ads
June 24th, 2015
The successor to the 20-year-old European data protection directive has inched closer to becoming law, having been approved by the Council of Ministers, which represents each of the 28 EU member states. This has led to howls of anguish from some ...
Barclays sued by California utility over alleged electric market manipulation
June 24th, 2015
A California water utility filed a class action lawsuit on Tuesday to recoup losses in the electric market that it blames on Barclays Bank Plc , which the U.S. government fined $453 million in 2013 for manipulating electricity prices. ...
ECB: TARGET2-Securities successfully launched
June 23rd, 2015
TARGET2-Securities (T2S), the Eurosystem’s landmark platform for securities settlement, started live operation this morning A first group of securities depositories and their user communities from Greece, Malta, Romania and Switzerland are now connected to T2S for settlement of euro ...
Hopes for Greece bailout deal rise sharply as Athens gives ground
June 23rd, 2015
Creditors view new Greek proposals on pensions and VAT as the most positive move yet in five months of wrangling Hopes of a deal that would spare Greece from a looming debt default and possible exit from the single ...
EU-Greece negotiations are at the finish line
June 22nd, 2015
After five months of high drama, debt negotiations between the leftist government in Greece and its official lenders – the European Commission, the International Monetary Fund, and the European Central Bank – are near the finish line. On June ...
Could Russia afford to bail out Greece and what would that mean?
June 22nd, 2015
There are deep cultural and historical ties between Greece and Russia. In terms of religion, the majority faith in both countries is Eastern Orthodox. And Russia has a track record of standing up for Greece, like it did during ...
€2bn Russia-Greece gas deal: The EU should applauding us, Putin says
June 22nd, 2015
A deal to jointly build an extension of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline across Greece will help Athens to settle its multibillion euro debt to international creditors, President Vladimir Putin said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Talking ...
