Mar 10 European Central Bank announces moves to boost eurozone economy By Kristen Doerer After meeting in Frankfort on Thursday, the European Central Bank announced a new six-point stimulus package aimed at improving the eurozone economy. Continue reading
Apr 19 World finance leaders see uneven road to global recovery By Associated Press The world's financial leaders see a number of threats facing a global economy still on an uneven road to recovery with U.S. and European officials worrying that Greece will default on its debt. Continue reading
Apr 15 Watch 4:31 News Wrap: EU charges Google for violating anti-monopoly laws By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 18 Watch 4:25 News Wrap: Fed opens possibility of interest rate hike By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, the Federal Reserve said it was open to raising interest rates, but the job market must improve and inflation has to move closer to 2 percent for a rate hike. Also, gunmen attacked Tunisia’s National… Continue watching
Feb 17 Watch 6:34 After an election built on promises, what can Greece’s new leadership deliver? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 05 Watch 4:13 News Wrap: Greek government vows not to drop anti-austerity stance By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 22 Watch 7:13 News Wrap: European Central Bank launches stimulus program By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, the European Central Bank announced a plan to buy up $1.2 billion of bonds to stabilize Europe’s economy, a program similar to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing. Also, at least 13 people died in… Continue watching
Jan 22 Will Super Mario save Europe’s bacon? By Simone Pathe European Central Bank President Mario Draghi on Thursday announced an unprecedented plan to purchase 60 billion euros a month in the EU's first stab at quantitative easing. Making Sen$e breaks down how bond purchases work and turns to the Council… Continue reading
Jan 05 Watch 6:27 Will falling euro end up boosting Europe’s economy? – Part 2 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 02 The new new thing: Negative interest rates — but will they work? By Benn Steil, Dinah Walker Last month, the European Central Bank became the first central bank to charge banks for depositing their extra reserves with them. The idea is to encourage banks to lend privately instead. But as the Council on Foreign Relations' Benn Steil… Continue reading