U.S. and Europe Ponder Divergent Rate Policies
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Can Europeâs economy stay on track even if the U.S. economy goes off the rails? This old question is being asked with new urgency across the Continent.
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ECONOMISTS may be fretting about the implications for the global economy of the near historically weak US dollar.
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European leaders are worried about the tumbling dollar but have not agreed to fire their cannon of foreign exchange intervention yet, senior officials of European governments said on Friday.
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Europe is in the midst of another bout of angst about its currency, amid signs the Bush administration will tolerate a prolonged weakness in the dollar.
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President Bushâs vaguely worded proposal has muddied what had been shaping up as a black-and-white showdown between Europe and the United States.
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Will it be a matter of &quot;one-and-done&quot; for Alan Greenspan &amp; Co. at its Sept. 21 policy meeting? Since a quarter-point rate hike at the Federal Open Market Committee meeting on that date seems a fait accompli
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Europe takes the brunt. The US Treasury Secretary John Snow insists he favours a strong dollar but few believe him. The United States has already taken up the banner of exporting democracy to unwilling victims
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Talks on global warming in the United States next week may be complicated by differences among developing countries as their climate policy positions diverge.
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VALLETTA/ST. JULIAN'S, Malta  - The euro zone economy could slow more than previously forecast, a policymaker said on Saturday, as other EU leaders voiced worries about the weak U.S. economy and the strong euro currency.
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FRANKFURT At the end of a year that has seen a tepid European economic recovery shaken by high oil prices and a strong currency, the European Central Bank is facing a dilemma for which the best solution may simply be to wait.
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THE euro nations expressed concern overnight at sharp volatility in currency rates, and in a thinly veiled call to the US urged âall major countriesâ to put appropriate policies in place.
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The dollar is down, and a lot of the developed world is worried that this could mean the end of economic recoveries. In Europe, where the euro is routinely said to be setting new record highs, governments
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Decisions on interest rates in Europe are set to take decidedly different paths Thursday with the Bank of England expected to increase its key rate while the European Central Bank is likely to leave its benchmark rate unchanged, at least through the summer.
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Europe and the United States kept up a war of words over the sliding US dollar at a G20 meeting of rich and developing nations, blaming each other for
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European stocks are under pressure on fears that central banks will not follow the US in slashing interest rates.
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The level of attention that next week's European Central Bank policy meeting is likely to attract might seem strange given that not one of 83 economists polled by Reuters expects any change to interest rates.
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Wall Street opinion is split on whether the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates at its meeting Tuesday, with conventional wisdom siding with a rate hike.