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By Claus Vistesen The past week has shown the dark side of media coverage and the analysis of current events. It is a test on just how much information you stuff down the public's throat. In the narrowness of my own world, the financial…

On Monday I first learned that Spain was to partially nationalise its banking system via the Financial Times Deutschland. The title of this article is the most appropriate I have seen discussing the issue, "Madrid riskiert für Cajas…

I want to take you through how we got from the financial system's "systemic insolvency" to bailouts to record profits and bonuses again in the span of two years. From the WikiLeaks cables as published in the Guardian today…

This is another little animated story on Greece that takes a rather cynical view of the politics and economy - a bit of gallows humor, really.

Along with the EU and IMF we can be in no doubt: the reform programme evidently is on track. The only issue which seems to divide everyone – and especially those office-bound Fund employees from their more financially savvy…

Ireland was the first country to offer a blanket guarantee to it’s banks’ depositors. I welcomed this move as a necessary step to restore confidence. However, there are two problems associated with it. As Willem Buiter has…

This is something that we were talking about last November: Bond insurer Ambac Financial has warned bankruptcy is a distinct possibility, sending its shares plummeting more than 30% today. What is intriguing about this pending…

Despite austerity in Ireland, things have gone decidedly pear-shaped for the Irish government as its bank bailout-ridden deficit has ballooned to a magnificent 32% of GDP and debt spreads to German bunds are at record levels.…

by Alex Daley With talk of quantitative easing round 2 (or QE2 for short), the potential government bailouts of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and mounting problems with state finances, government pension funds, and funding for social…

Here we go again: the dollar appears to be under sustained attack in the foreign exchange market. To judge from its latest FOMC statement, the Federal Reserve appears to be actively encouraging inflation: “The Committee will continue to…