IMF to buy Gold worth $2.3 billion as credit risk increases   The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is planning to purchase more than $2 billion worth of gold on account of rising global ris...

  PBS nett TV dokumentar om hva som egentlig skjedde under finanskrisen   Den amerikanske mediekjempen PBS har lagd en dokumentarserie på fire episoder om hva som egentlig skjedde under finan...

  Cost of Spain’s Housing Bust Could Force a Bailout   By any measure, the Spanish real estate boom was one of the headiest ever. Spurred by record-low interest rates, Spaniards piled into h...

  IMF Says European Banks May Have to Sell $3.8 Trillion in Assets   European banks could be forced to sell as much as $3.8 trillion in assets through 2013 and curb lending if governments fal...

  IMF: Euro Break-Up Cannot Be Ruled Out   The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has for the first time accepted the prospect of the euro breaking up. In its flagship economic survey of the wo...

  IMF sier at det blir færre og færre investeringsalternativer som regnes som trygge, og som kan stilles som sikkerhet. Prisen på de aktiva som er trygge må stige.   The price of assets re...

  Rehn says Portugal may need "bridge"   European policymakers should be ready to provide more help to Portugal some time in the future, European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Ol...

  EU Nears One-Year Rescue Boost to EU940 Billion, Draft Says   European governments are preparing for a one-year increase in the ceiling on rescue aid to 940 billion euros ($1.3 trillion) to ...

  Gold Seen Heading for 12th Annual Advance on Investor Hoarding   Demand has strengthened as Europe seeks to contain its debt crisis, China’s economic expansion slows, and governments fro...

  Draghi Makes Euro Favorite for Most-Profitable Carry Trades With Rate Cuts   Betting against the euro may be the most profitable trade in the foreign-exchange market as policy efforts to sta...

  IMF chief urges action to avoid ‘1930s moment’   The chief of the International Monetary Fund warned on Monday that the global economy could slide into a “1930s moment” unless Europe...

  China’s Manufacturing Contraction Boosts Case for Monetary Easing: Economy   A Chinese purchasing managers’ index signaled manufacturing may contract for a third month as a slowing econo...

Turkey Adds 63 Tonnes of Gold Due to Acceptance of Metal as Reserve Requirement from Banks' The acceptance of gold as a reserve requirement held by Turkish banks led to a rise of holdings of the...

  Bernanke Signals Fed Ready to Ease on EU Risk   Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke signaled he’s concerned Europe’s crisis will hobble a 2 1/2-year U.S. expansion that may need ano...

  IMF’s Lagarde: Europe Crisis ‘Escalating’   The European debt crisis is growing to the point that it won’t be solved by one group of countries, Christine Lagarde, the managing direc...

  EU States to Send IMF $267 Billion in New Crisis Fight   European leaders added 200 billion euros ($267 billion) to their crisis-fighting warchest and tightened anti-deficit rules, seeking t...

  EU Leaders Drop Demands for Investor Write-Offs in Bailouts   European Union leaders dropped their demand that investors share the cost of bailouts as Germany abandoned a campaign that help...

  Hedgefondforvalteren Kyle Bass fra Hayman Capital presenterer sine makroøkonomiske vurderinger på American Catalyst 2011 konferansen   Kyle Bass gir sine vurderinger av gjeldskrisen i Euro...

  European Stocks Climb as Leaders Boost Efforts to Contain Crisis   European stocks surged, rebounding from their biggest selloff in two months, amid speculation policy makers are intensifyin...

  Co-ordinated QE imminent after bund auction flop warns top manager   Wednesday’s dire auction of German bunds signals the ‘last domino’ to fall in the eurozone saga, we are now in the ...

  Japan ‘May Be’ Close to a Downgrade: S&P   Standard & Poor’s said Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s administration hasn’t made progress in tackling the public debt burden, ...

  IMF warns on Chinese financial system   The Chinese financial system faces “a steady build-up in vulnerabilities” that require the government to relax its grip on banks, the exchange rat...

  Europa må la være å betale pensjonsgjelden   Europas myndigheter er presset opp i et hjørne: I kredittmarkedet stiger rentene på statsgjeld til stadig nye topper, til tross for at regje...

  Exclusive: French, Germans explore idea of core euro zone   German and French officials have discussed plans for a radical overhaul of the European Union that would involve establishing a mo...