Europe is plunging into recession as politicians row over plans to tackle its sovereign debt crisis ahead of Wednesday's key summit, alarming new figures show... more
G20 finance chiefs and central bank heads from the world's biggest economies meet in Paris needing to find a solution to a deepening eurozone debt crisis that has fanned fears of a global recession... more
Exports hit a record £25.5 billion in August despite the chaos gripping global markets, temporarily quelling fears of a collapse in trade with the crisis-torn eurozone... more
Investment fund giant Hargreaves Lansdown saw more clients signing up, revenues grow and more funds flowing in than out in the past three months despite the volatility of the stock market... more
The economic crisis was bound to exact its toll on employment and today's jobless figures for June to August are striking: 2.57 million, a 17-year high, including nearly a million young people. One in 10 Londoners is jobless - higher than the national average... more
Slovakia was set to end the impasse over Europe's €440 billion (£384 billion) bailout fund as politicians began talks on a second vote on expanding the powers of the rescue pot... more
George Osborne believes EU finance ministers are moving forward in their efforts to stabilise the chaotic European economy despite further eurozone gloom which saw stock markets plunge and the Italian government's credit rating slashed by Moody's... more
Man Group - the world's largest listed hedge fund manager - slumps another 5%, leaving it more than 36% lower than before it revealed a jump in clients pulling out their cash... more
European banks are finding it more costly to raise money on the bond markets than at any time since the collapse of Lehman Brothers three years ago... more
This tumultuous week for the financial markets ends with yet another effort by EU governments to work out a common position on the eurozone crisis... more
Bank of England shied away from printing presses and held interest rates unchanged at 0.5% - but its counterpart in Frankfurt acknowledged a growing threat to the eurozone... more
Bailout efforts for a string of eurozone strugglers avoided disaster today after a German court threw out attempts to block the nation's participation in financial rescues... more
The latest storms in Europe's sovereign debt crisis and stock-market chaos have triggered the deepest collapse in economic confidence in the eurozone since 2008's financial meltdown... more
Europe faces the threat of economic stagnation after an alarming collapse in business confidence during August, a gloomy industry survey has warned... more
Gold soars to yet another record with analysts predicting it could soon breach the $2000 an ounce mark as investors continue to buy it as one of the safest havens in a troubled world... more
The continued slide in stock markets caps a week of grim economic news. Yesterday the FTSE 100 index suffered its biggest one-day fall in almost three years, and the losses there and on European markets have resumed today. This week has seen inflation and unemployment figures up, house prices falling, and German growth stuttering almost to a halt. How worried should we be?... more
World stocks and the euro slip as investors grow concerned that French and German plans for closer fiscal integration may be insufficient to stop the regional debt crisis from spreading further... more
Despite the raging European crisis, until two weeks ago markets seemed to be taking most other challenges in their stride. But suddenly a number of things have erupted to cause a loss of confidence among investors... more
Even before today's meeting of eurozone finance ministers, more intimate talks between the two players who matter most, the German Chancellor and the French president, resulted in an agreement of sorts about one aspect of the crisis... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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