A slew of official data over the weekend painted a mixed picture for China’s prospects. Tesco update, a possible WPP revolt and the Mansion House dinner. 10 Jun 2012 Catherine Brown, the Bank of England's executive director of human resources, said the central bank is to increase the number of women it employs in senior positions. 10 Jun 2012 Spain is asking for an international bailout to rescue its debt-laden banking sector, amid reports the package could total £81bn. 09 Jun 2012 US President Barack Obama has demanded that European leaders act “right now” as ministers in Brussels deliberate over whether to impose a bail-out on Spanish banks. 09 Jun 2012 Implementing austerity measures too quickly will send ailing eurozone economies into a "downward spiral," US President Barack Obama warned on Friday, adding that a European recession would harm the pace of the US recovery. 08 Jun 2012 Does Marks & Spencer, a food and clothing retailer where profits fell 16pc last year, really need banking? 08 Jun 2012 US President demands European leaders act 'right now', as ministers deliberate over bail-out on Spanish banks. 08 Jun 2012 Implementing austerity measures too quickly will send ailing eurozone economies into a "downward spiral," US President Barack Obama has warned, adding that a European recession would harm the pace of the US recovery. 08 Jun 2012 Falling prices at British factories offered households hope that wider inflation will slow in the UK – even as a survey showed they are braced for even steeper price rises. 08 Jun 2012 German exports fell for the first time this year amid signs that the advancing debt crisis is hitting Europe's powerhouse economy. 08 Jun 2012 Spain is expected to make a request over the weekend for a financial package to prop up its troubled banks, according to reports. 08 Jun 2012 A raft of disappointing economic data from several eurozone nations has added to fears about the financial health of the EMU. 08 Jun 2012 In 2008, a long period of expansion in Spain came to an end. A lengthy property bubble burst, the public account surplus became a deficit, and growth contracted 0.9pc. 08 Jun 2012 Financial risk models that underpin market behaviour, economic theory and bank regulation dangerously underestimate the threat to taxpayers and must be completely redrawn to prevent a repeat of the financial crisis. 08 Jun 2012 The Bank of France cut its growth estimate for French growth, saying the eurozone's second biggest economy would now likely contract by 0.1pc in the second quarter. 08 Jun 2012 Japan's economy grew faster than first thought between January and March, official data has showed, but analysts warned of a slowdown caused by a strong yen, Europe's debt woes and weakness in China. 08 Jun 2012 The Treasury Select Committee has taken the drastic step of publishing a special report into the Government’s “defective” banking reforms to help the House of Lords hold the authorities to account. 08 Jun 2012 Johnson Matthey supplies the most bitter substance known to man - no, not the bile of Gordon Brown but a compound called Bitrex. 07 Jun 2012 As Spain edges closer to a full sovereign rescue, economists have begun to doubt whether the EU bail-out machinery can raise such large sums funds at viable cost on global capital markets. 07 Jun 2012 Spain moves closer to the credit junk pile as Fitch slashes the country's rating by three notches and warns the likely cost of restructuring and recapitalising the Spanish banking sector could reach €100bn. 07 Jun 2012 A serious mishandling of the debt crisis by European leaders led Fitch to axe Spain’s credit rating by three notches and issue a warnings on the stability of country’s banks, debt levels and economy. 07 Jun 2012 China surprised markets by cutting interest rates as it battles a slowing economy and fears that the eurozone crisis will weigh heavily on a global recovery. 07 Jun 2012 The US central bank is prepared to take action if the “significant risks” posed by the eurozone crisis threaten the country’s recovery, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said. 07 Jun 2012 Would Greece be better off outside the eurozone? Can Europe walk the fine line between austerity and growth? What will Germany’s role be in all this? Put your questions to Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in a special debt crisis webchat.Economics
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Obama demands action 'right now' over Spain
Obama: cutting too quickly will send economies into 'spiral'
Inflation slowdown hopes rise on PPI data
German debt crisis fears as exports fall
Debt crisis: Spain 'to request aid for banks this weekend'
Poor European economic data rattle markets
Spain's economic crisis: a timeline
Risk models must be torn up, says Haldane
Bank of France cuts Q2 growth
Japanese growth revised upwards
TSC urges Lords to reform Finance Bill
Johnson Matthey – a UK success story helped by a reduced tax rate
Spain too big for EU rescue fund as China recoils
Debt crisis: as it happened June 7
European leaders 'lack credible vision' for euro
China cuts interest rates to counter slowing growth
Bernanke: Fed ready to act if crisis intensifies
Debt crisis webchat: put questions to Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
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