Gary Gibbon
What of that big new boost to the firepower of the IMF that Britain was pushing for? It looks like The G20 managed to agree that finance ministers would have more meetings to think about it. Political editor Gary Gibbon reports from Cannes.
Gary Gibbon
The German political establishment sees Silvio Berlusconi as a catastrophic menace and perhaps the biggest single obstacle to world economic stability, writes Gary Gibbon. So what’s next at the G20 in Cannes?
A deal is reached, but Economics Editor Faisal Islam says the devil will be in the detail. The bailout bazooka will need the goodwill of the rest of the world.
Economics Editor Faisal Islam reports from Athens as the Greek debt crisis fuels further global pleas for concerted action from Europe’s political leaders.
If correct the UK economy will have grown more slowly in 2011 than 2010. The IMF’s forecast is well below the 1.7 per cent currently used by the government, writes Faisal Islam.
Euro crisis, poor jobs figures, massive national strikes, on top of high inflation squeezing living standards – Economics Editor Faisal Islam reports on the political response to the economic bad weather.
Jonathan Rugman blogs from Athens, where a two-day strike against austerity measures needed to secure an EU/IMF bailout is beginning. One man tells him the crisis has been a “plague” for Greece.
Jon Snow
As IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn spends his second night in Rikers prison in New York, Jon Snow looks at conditions inside the jail.
Our Economics Editor on how DSK’s absence from the International Monetary Fund may be bad news for Greece – and lead to more austerity in the eurozone.
Jon Snow
Jon Snow blogs on the arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the IMF, on attempted rape charges – suggesting it is one of the most high profile civil arrests of all time.
Gary Gibbon
Our Political Editor says that Britain’s share of international loans to Ireland could range from £7-9billion.
The Chancellor recently derided the Labour leadership candidates as ‘deficit-deniers’, an opinion with which Tony Blair appears to concur. The final chapter of his new book does place him closer to the Coalition Treasury than the economic policies outlined to date by the candidates. Ahead of our Labour leadership hustings on the economy, it’s worth…
We were planning to interview some Greek tour operators about the financial crisis down at the vast port of Piraeus this morning, but as our taxi pulled up at the harbour, I had a sudden change of heart. Boats to distant Greek islands bobbed in the water and beckoned in the sun. Which island was…
Jonathan Rugman blogs from Athens on the Greek financial crisis
Jon Snow
Jon Snow blogs on the financial crisis hitting Greece whether Portugal, Spain and Italy could face their own problems.