7 Sep 2014: William Keegan: Alex Salmond is pinning his hopes on monetary union with the UK – but political independence has landed the euro countries in a grim collective plight
4 Sep 2014:
European Central Bank surprises the markets by cutting interest rates to fresh record lows and announces an asset-backed securities programme to fight deflation
Larry Elliott: Russia faces damaging economic sanctions from the US and EU, but this also brings down the final curtain on capitalism's apparent victory in 1989
31 Aug 2014: Larry Elliott and Anne Penketh: President François Hollande could really do with some good economic news. But he is at the mercy of Germany's eurozone austerity drive – and Merkel is unlikely to cut him much slack