Irish borrowing costs hit post-EMU record as fears over Europe's debts grow after Dublin warns Anglo Irish Bank creditors of losses. 23 Sep 2010 Once a quorum of big names says the game is up in a debt crisis, events move fast and furiously. 19 Sep 2010 Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner issued his harshest attack to date on China’s currency policy in an escalating superpower clash. 16 Sep 2010 America and Europe face the worst jobs crisis since the 1930s and risk "an explosion of social unrest" unless they are careful, the IMF has warned. 13 Sep 2010 The neo-colonial rush for global farmland has gone exponential since the food scare of 2007-2008. 12 Sep 2010 The Phoney War between Brussels and Anglo-Saxon finance is at an end and life is about to change for London's financiers, traders and hedge funds. 09 Sep 2010 Brussels will use sweeping new powers to end speculation and impose order on the City and other EU bourses, warns Michel Barnier. 09 Sep 2010 Ireland is to break up the nationalised lender Anglo Irish Bank, hoping to end a disastrous saga that has shattered confidence in Irish finance. 08 Sep 2010 I try to remain optimistic that the US and China will work out a more or less amicable way to run the world for the next half century, a “Chimerica” of interwoven superpowers. 07 Sep 2010 Goldilocks has played a trick on America. Growth is not warm enough to prevent hard-core unemployment climbing to post-war highs and sticking at levels that corrode the body politic, but not yet cold enough to overcome the fierce resistance of the Fed's regional hawks for a fresh blast of stimulus. 05 Sep 2010 The US, Japan and large parts of Europe have exhausted their policy arsenal, leaving them defenceless against a double-dip recession. 05 Sep 2010 Brussels is to push for the creation of a form of "treasury" for the European Union with powers to issue bonds and reinforce fiscal integration. 04 Sep 2010 Greece’s austerity measures cannot prevent default and could lead to a breakdown of the political order, says top German economist. 03 Sep 2010 Austerity measures and double-dip recession fears fail to snuff out 'flicker of optimism' over economy. 31 Aug 2010 Japan becomes the first major country to inject further stimulus since the Great Recession ended. 30 Aug 2010 Moody's rating agency is concerned that China is powering its economic growth by raising the gearing of the banking system, leaving the country exposed if the outlook darkens. 30 Aug 2010 China's draconian export curbs on rare minerals needed for hi-tech industries is escalating into a serious diplomatic and trade clash with the US. 29 Aug 2010 If Barack Obama were to marshal America’s vast scientific and strategic resources behind a new Manhattan Project, he might reasonably hope to reinvent the global energy landscape and sketch an end to our dependence on fossil fuels within three to five years. 29 Aug 2010 Ireland must now pay more than Greece to borrow after playing by the book - no riots, no terrorist threats. 25 Aug 2010 Swiss currency hits high against euro on capital flight after Irish, Greek, and Portuguese bonds come under fire. 25 Aug 2010 Global bond markets and the twin havens of the yen and Swiss franc have been flashing warning signs for weeks. 24 Aug 2010 Spain is putting all its eggs into one basket, and if it carries on like this, we may start to see a lot of Basques and Catalans crowding into one exit. 24 Aug 2010 Bank of America accuses the Democrats and Republicans in Congress of risking a grave policy error by tightening too early. 23 Aug 2010 As the Sino-American showdown in the South China and Yellow Seas escalates into the gravest superpower clash since the Cold War, the United States cannot wisely rely on China to help fund its budget deficit for any longer. 22 Aug 2010 The EC has approved the next €9bn tranche of loans for Greece but the underlying economy continues to deteriorate. 19 Aug 2010Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Ambros
e Evans-Pritchard has covered world politics and economics for a quarter century, based in Europe, the US, and Latin America. He joined the Telegraph in 1991, serving as Washington correspondent and later Europe correspondent in Brussels. He is now International Business Editor in London.
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