European banks
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2014 forecast cut to 0.8% from the 0.9% predicted three months ago as bank says it will reassess policy measures next year
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PMI, a good indicator of growth, sinks to 51.1 from October’s 52.1 leading to warnings of renewed contraction in new year
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Questions over whether Labour’s plans would have suffered from eurozone crisis and oil prices in same way – but Alastair Darling also expected private investment return
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The Greek government is keen to trumpet the country’s improved economic outlook, as the country exits recession for the first time in six years. But is any improvement being felt by people on the ground?
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Move suggests authorities are closer to filing criminal charges in long-running investigation into whether banks have been colluding to move currency rates
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Polish ambassador says David Cameron’s welfare proposals are unlikely to win backing from EU leaders
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Consultants shrug at lack of ‘smoking gun’
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PM says ‘red warning lights are flashing’ against a backdrop of instability and uncertainty, as G20 summit draws to a close
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Business Leader: Could Italy be heading for an exit from the euro? It is no longer unthinkable
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William Keegan: Germany was at the heart of the struggle between east and west. Now it is at the heart of one between growth and deflation
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Editorial: Three countries have caught five institutions with their hands in the till. Banking is rotten to the core, but flattering pre-crisis ideas about its role have proved remarkably hard to shift
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From Libor rigging and sanction busting to forex manipulation, a look back at the global banking industry’s offences and penalties
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From Libor rigging and sanction busting to forex manipulation, a look back at the global banking industry’s offences and penalties
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Documents show traders congratulating each other in private chat rooms over manipulating foreign exchange price for profit
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Regulators in the US and the UK have fined banks for crimes ranging from market rigging to sanctions busting
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Regulators in US and UK mete out record fines after finding a ‘free for all culture’ on currency trading floors at RBS, HSBC, Citibank, JP Morgan and UBS
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US casualties and 80 families of dead soldiers sue five banks alleging money secretly sent to Iran was used to fund terror groups
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Europe’s core countries must unlock growth potential in their economies with rigorous programme of reform, says OECD
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NIESR forecast for UK interest rates increases pushed back, amid fresh concerns over the flagging eurozone economy
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Fall in confidence, weak investment and increasingly bleak outlook for global economy take toll on single currency bloc
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Little incentive for big banks to change the way they are organised, with size and complexity driving pay
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Regulators’ insistence that banks hold more capital and a tax inquiry in France will also hit shareholder returns
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Survey reveals directors earn £416,000 per annum – 15% more than equivalent rivals – with Deutsche Bank in second place
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Rolling business and financial news, as German sentiment slides again and shares in Italy’s Monte dei Paschi’s are suspended after tumbling 15%
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Despite clean bill of health, Lloyds Banking Group will face scrutiny when it outlines plans to cut up to 9,000 jobs
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Italian central bank defends institutions after Monte dei Paschi di Siena and eight other banks are told to find billions to plug capital shortfalls
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The bank’s aim is to revive economies in the single currency zone that have been hit by a decline in business lending
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The richest 5% of Americans now hold 63% of the country’s wealth, and Janet Yellen is worried
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Bailouts, riots, recession - key events in the five years of the eurozone crisis
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Greece’s admission in October 2009 that it had a huge black hole in its finances triggered five years of bailouts, market turmoil and protests
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Bailey calls debate on restricting payouts to bankers ‘misguided’ after EBA warns banks to stop handing out top-up allowances
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Nils Pratley: Correction thesis likely correct in medium-term, but in short-term currency bloc is dark cloud over global economy refusing to shift
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EBA opinion has implications for 39 banks, raising prospect of thousands of bankers being denied any further top-ups in pay
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Anti-austerity movement gains confidence as largest economy suffers from falling industrial output and geopolitical crises
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David Cameron: Red lights are flashing on the global economy