Angela Merkel

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  Sovereign Debt: Emerging Markets and Developed Nations

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  February 4, 2013

  Optimism may be surfacing in the Eurozone, and many officials may have backed off their original tough stance on austerity, but Greece is still battling its debt demons.

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  Beyond Stock Gloom

  By Alexei Bayer  |  December 20, 2012

  Since the recovery from the worldwide financial meltdown commenced in 2009, global stock markets have closely mirrored international economic fundamentals.

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  Eurozone Bank Supervision to Start in 2013

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 19, 2012

  A meeting of EU leaders resulted in agreement that the ECB will be at the head of a framework of eurozone bank supervision, and that the structure will be in place by the beginning of 2013.

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  Merkel Calls for Financial Transaction Tax-Funded Aid Plan

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 18, 2012

  Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany raised the prospect of a new European aid fund that would be used to help struggling eurozone countries finance projects to improve their fiscal well-being and make them more competitive.

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  German Finance Minister Wants to Change EU Treaties

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 16, 2012

  German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble is advocating changes that will allow the EU’s monetary affairs commissioner to reject national budgets and prevent non-eurozone countries, like Britain, from nixing eurozone-only measures.

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  IMF Says Greece Needs More Time, Possible Debt Reduction

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 11, 2012

  Christine Lagarde and Wolfgang Schaeuble are locking horns over Greece.

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  Spain in Mind as Eurozone Brings ESM Online

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 8, 2012

  The European Stability Mechanism, the permanent rescue fund of the eurozone, goes into operation on Monday in anticipation of Spain’s potential need for a bailout.

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  Germany Said to Stall Spain on Bank Rescue

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 2, 2012

  Just when it seems that Spain has made up its mind at last to ask for a bailout for its banks, Germany is said to be pushing Madrid to wait.

• German Unemployment Up for Sixth Month

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 27, 2012

  Still, unemployment was near its lowest level since reunification, and the overall rate held steady at 6.8%.

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  Merkel Defends ECB, Bundesbank

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 17, 2012

  Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany defended both sides of the bond-buying issue, saying that politicians should stay out of ECB limits in bond purchases but championing the right of the Bundesbank head to challenge them.