Is the eurozone a field of dreams?
Were seeds of eurozone's problems sown from the start?
View ArticleVIDEO: Why do banks go bust?
We've all become acutely aware in recent years how easily a big bank can reach the point of collapse. But why does it happen?
View ArticleVIDEO: How is the ECB helping out banks?
When banks get into trouble, their central bank steps in to save them, as the European Central Bank has doing lately.
View ArticleVIDEO: What is austerity?
Greece provides a lesson in how raising taxes and cutting spending can be a painfully uphill, and even self-defeating, task.
View ArticleVIDEO: What is Quantitative Easing?
Central banks, including the Bank of England / the US Federal Reserve, are using "quantitative easing" to bolster their economies, but what is it?
View ArticleVIDEO: What is the IMF?
The International Monetary Fund touches a raw nerve in many developing countries, and is now doing the same in some European ones.
View ArticleVIDEO: What are bonds?
When a government or a big company wants to borrow money, it issues what is known as a "bond" - but what exactly is it?
View ArticleVIDEO: Does the West face stagnation?
Three years after the global financial crisis, people in Europe and the US may be forgiven for asking: "Where's my recovery?"
View ArticleVIDEO: Why is Italy in trouble?
Italy has had large debts for many years with no one questioning its ability to pay them back, until now.
View ArticleVIDEO: What is the Euro bailout fund?
Robert Peston, the BBC's Business Editor, explains what the European Financial Stability Facility is.
View ArticleVIDEO: Eurozone 'epicentre' of risk
The Managing Director of the IMF, has predicted light economic recovery threatened by dark clouds on horizon.
View ArticleVIDEO: IMF receives $320bn in pledges
The IMF has received pledges of an extra $320bn (£199bn) to avoid speculative market attacks on troubled eurozone countries.
View ArticleHow would Greece leave the euro?
How would Greece leaving the eurozone actually work in practice?
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