6:37pm

German shoppers hold the key to EU growth

Debate on how to overcome eurozone crisis has been rekindled

9:47pm

Brussels vows to fight Tobin tax hurdles

Financial groups sceptical that proposal will become a reality

From MARKETS 5:24pm

Central banks face superpower test

Focus shifts from ‘tail risks’ to trickier task of growth

From MARKETS 12:00pm

Pound hits 7-month low on retail figures

Fears of triple-dip recession leave sterling weaker

Øystein Olsen, head of Norges Bank ©Bloomberg Feb 14, 2013

Norway bank chief warns on oil reliance

‘Risky’ to rely on high fuel prices as productivity growth slows

From MARKETS Feb 14, 2013

Safe-asset demand risks ‘collateral crunch’

EU regulator warns on restriction of credit to real economy

Feb 14, 2013

Europe and Japan still failing to fly

GDP data raise fears for any nascent recovery

Ingram Pinn illustration ©Ingram Pinn Philip Stephens from COMMENT Feb 14, 2013

Transatlantic pact promises bigger prize

The real reward of a US-EU free trade area would be geopolitical

Gillian Tett from MARKETS Feb 14, 2013

EU’s FISH economies unsettle US investors

Unease on France, Italy, Spain and Holland has replaced ‘Grexit’

From COMMENT Feb 14, 2013

Oligarchy at the core of Spain’s scandals

The EU must act to break the elite’s stifling grip, writes Angel Pascual-Ramsay

Feb 14, 2013

Eurozone hopes worst is over

Germany in particular looks set to gain from upturn

Chris Giles Chris Giles Feb 14, 2013

GDP data expose fragility of recovery

Durable solutions to underlying problems remain elusive

FT Alphaville Feb 14, 2013

FT Alphaville: Valentine’s day GDP massacre

From WORLD Feb 14, 2013

Dutch horsemeat trader convicted in 2012

Businessman sentenced to jail for relabelling

From WORLD Feb 14, 2013

Horsemeat scandal prompts EU health tests

Move follows emergency meeting led by UK and France

From WORLD Feb 14, 2013

Low growth forces Hollande retreat

Targets may not be met for cutting deficit, says Paris

Feb 13, 2013

EU sets ambitious US trade pact deadline

European officials want agreement within two years

Feb 13, 2013

Rocky road lies ahead in trade pact talks

Moving to next stage of detailed EU-US discussions will be tricky

From MARKETS Feb 13, 2013

Greek pension fund wins with bond bet

Managers wager Greece would stay in the euro

Feb 13, 2013

IMF urges speed on EU banking union

Discussion paper warns of leaving project half-finished

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