Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard is International Business Editor of The Daily Telegraph. He has covered world politics and economics for 30 years, based in Europe, the US, and Latin America. He joined the Telegraph in 1991, serving as Washington correspondent and later Europe correspondent in Brussels.
LATEST FROM AMBROSE EVANS-PRITCHARD
German tempers boil over back-door euro rescues
Fitch doubts Dutch AAA amid property 'coma'
Nicolas Sarkozy lambasts ECB's rigid policies
Oil price relief as Iran talks sweet
Swimming naked in Brazil's bubbly waters
Argentina poised to seize Repsol assets
Europe's banks beached as ECB stimulus runs dry
Spain’s 'lose-lose' struggle reignites euro crisis
Gold crash on Fed tightening and euro salvation looks premature
Europe and the Law of Sticky Wages (technical)
Wolfson gurus see euro break-up as dangerous but liberating
Germany's reluctant hegemony and misguided Calvinism
Sunday 22 April 2012
Controversy rages over 'payments' by Bundesbank to shore up EMU.
19 Apr 2012
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Holland needs austerity and can't let political conflict intrude on economy.
18 Apr 2012
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French president Nicolas Sarkozy has lashed out at the hard money policies of the European Central Bank and launched a veiled attack on Germany's austerity drive, hoping to bolster his flagging re-election campaign.
15 Apr 2012
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The Middle-East "war-premium" in current oil prices is poised to fall after a tentative breakthrough on Iran's nuclear programme over the weekend, offering a soothing tonic for battered equity markets across the world.
15 Apr 2012
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Brazil is the country of the future and always will be, as the old saying goes.
15 Apr 2012
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Argentina is poised to launch the forced takeover of assets from the Spanish energy group Repsol, risking a diplomatic showdown with Spain and scaring investors needed to unlock shale gas reserves.
12 Apr 2012
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The European Central Bank's €1 trillion (£824bn) lending spree over the winter has stored up a host of fresh problems, leaving parts of the banking system more vulnerable than before as the short-term "sugar rush" nears exhaustion.
11 Apr 2012
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The eurozone crisis has returned with a vengeance after Spain’s mounting woes pushed 10-year bonds yields back to the danger line of 6pc and the Madrid bourse crashed to its lowest level since the 2009.
10 Apr 2012
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Until the rising reserve powers of Asia, Russia and the Gulf regain trust in the shattered credibility of the world’s two great fiat currencies – if they ever do – gold is unlikely to crash far or remain in the doldrums for long. 'Peak gold’ cements the price floor in any case.
08 Apr 2012
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How is wage erosion going to play out across Europe’s Arc of Depression?
05 Apr 2012
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A disorderly break-up of the euro would set off a cataclysmic chain-reaction and a collapse of Europe’s banking system, pushing the world into full-blown depression.
03 Apr 2012
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If the purpose of monetary union is to tie down a "European Germany" with silken cords, the Kohl-Mitterrand legacy has gone horribly wrong.
01 Apr 2012
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