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| Dec.20 |
Washington |
Trump hails 'largest tax cut' in US history |
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| Apr.3 |
 Panama |
Panama Papers: Mossack Fonseca leak reveals elite's tax havens| A huge leak of confidential documents has revealed how the rich and powerful use tax havens to hide their wealth | |
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| Jan.28 |
Japan |
Japan adopts negative interest rate in surprise move |
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| Dec.16 |
 Washington |
US Fed raises interest rates by 0.25% The US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates by 0.25 percentage points - its first increase since 2006
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| Aug.10 |
Beijing |
China devalues yuan currency to three-year low
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| Jul.19 |
Greece |
Banks reopen after three-week shutdown
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| Jul.6 |
Greece |
Debt crisis: Creditors press for new proposals |
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| Jul.5 |
 Greece |
Debt crisis: Greek voters reject bailout offer 
With almost all the ballots counted, results from the Greek referendum show voters decisively rejecting the terms of an international bailou...
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| Jul.2 |
IMF |
Greek crisis: IMF says extra 50bn euros needed |
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| Jun.30 |
Athens |
IMF payment missed as bailout expires Greece has missed the deadline for £1.1bn payment to the International Monetary Fund, hours after eurozone ministers refused to extend its b...
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| Jun.28 |
Athens |
Greek debt crisis: Banks to remain shut all week The Greek government has confirmed that banks will be closed all week, after a decision by the European Central Bank not to extend emergency...
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Greek banks will not open Monday |
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West Germany |
Greek debt crisis: ECB not raising funding limit |
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| Jun.27 |
European Union |
Greece crisis: Eurozone refuses bailout extension
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| Feb.20 |
 Brussels |
Greece agrees deal with eurozone Greece and eurozone nations have agreed a deal to extend financial aid after bailout talks in Brussels
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| Dec.17 |
Moscow |
Russia's shock-and-awe move fails to halt ruble collapse |
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| Dec.11 |
House of Representatives |
US House passes $1.1tn budget bill |
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| Oct.26 |
European Union |
Vulnerable European banks identified
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| Sep.12 |
Washington |
Ukraine crisis: US strengthens sanctions on Russia
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| Nov.19 |
Manhattan |
JP Morgan in record $13bn settlement |
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| Oct.9 |
Washington |
Janet Yellen nominated by Obama to head US Federal Reserve
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| Mar.28 |
Cyprus |
Cyprus banks reopen with tough curbs |
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| Mar.25 |
Cyprus |
Cyprus banks closed until Thursday
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| Mar.24 |
Brussels |
Deal reached in Cyprus bailout talks Eurozone finance ministers have agreed on a 10bn-euro bailout to prevent its banking system collapsing and keep the country in the eurozone
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| Mar.22 |
Cyprus |
Cyprus MPs pass banking reforms
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| Mar.19 |
Cyprus |
Cyprus MPs reject divisive bank tax |
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| Mar.16 |
Cyprus |
Shock in Cyprus over bailout levy |
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| Mar.15 |
Brussels |
Eurozone agrees Cyprus bailout deal
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| Mar.1 |
Washington |
Obama signs budget cuts into effect
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| Feb.27 |
European Union |
EU agrees to cap bankers' bonuses |
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| Feb.8 |
Brussels |
EU leaders agree 3% budget cut |
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| Feb.4 |
New York |
US 'will sue' Standard & Poor's |
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| Jan.7 |
North Carolina |
US bank to pay $12bn settlement |
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| Jan.1 |
Washington |
President Obama praises US 'fiscal cliff' deal Obama has hailed a deal reached to stave off drastic taxation and spending measures as 'just one step in the broader effort to strengthen the economy'
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| Dec.31 |
U.S. Senate |
US Senate approves key tax deal
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Washington |
US to miss 'fiscal cliff' deadline |
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| Dec.27 |
U.S. Senate |
Senate leader Harry Reid voices fiscal cliff fear |
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| Dec.10 |
London |
HSBC 'to pay $1.9bn' in US deal |
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| Oct.18 |
Belgium |
EU in deal on bank supervision |
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| Aug.6 |
Hong Kong |
Standard Chartered shares tumble |
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| Jul.3 |
London |
Barclays Bank boss Diamond resigns |
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| Jun.29 |
Belgium |
European leaders reach key deal on banks |
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| Jun.14 |
Spain |
Spain crisis costs enter 'danger zone' |
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| Jun.9 |
Spain |
Spanish bank bailout request welcomed
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| May.25 |
Spain |
Spain's Bankia seeks 19bn euros |
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| Apr.16 |
New York |
American Jim Yong Kim named World Bank chief |
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| Mar.8 |
Greece |
Greece confirms debt deal success
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| Jan.13 |
New York |
9 eurozone nations downgraded by S&P Standard & Poor's said Friday that it has downgraded the credit ratings of nine euro area governments, including AAA-rated France and Austria
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| Dec.5 |
Paris |
France, Germany outline fiscal pact |
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| Nov.30 |
Global |
World banks announce joint action plan |
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| Nov.2 |
France |
Bailout loan withheld from Greece |
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| Oct.31 |
Greece |
Greece to hold bailout referendum |
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| Oct.26 |
Belgium |
EU leaders reach eurozone agreement EU leaders announce a deal on debt crisis measures, including a hard-fought deal with private sector investors to take a 50% loss on Greek b...
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| Oct.15 |
Rome |
Protest rallies grip major cities |
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| Oct.9 |
Berlin |
Euro crisis talks 'end in accord' |
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| Oct.2 |
Greece |
Greece to miss targets on deficit |
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| Sep.15 |
 Switzerland |
UBS: 'Unauthorized' trades cost us $2 B Swiss banking giant UBS discovered that 'unauthorized trading by a trader in its investment bank' has cost it an estimated $2 billion
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| Aug.16 |
Paris |
Leaders demand 'euro governance' |
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| Aug.6 |
Washington |
U.S. government credit downgraded Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) downgraded its credit rating of the U.S. federal government from AAA to AA+
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| Aug.2 |
Washington |
Obama signs bill to end default threat
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| Jul.21 |
European Union |
Eurozone agrees new Greek bailout |
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| Jun.28 |
France |
Christine Lagarde named IMF chief |
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| Jun.19 |
European Union |
European ministers: Greece to get loans |
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| Apr.21 |
Japan |
Japan announces emergency budget |
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| Apr.14 |
U.S. Congress |
US Congress approves budget bill |
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| Apr.6 |
Portugal |
Portugal seeks bail-out from EU
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| Feb.7 |
Egypt |
Egypt ups pay as protests go on |
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| Dec.6 |
Washington |
Deal reached on Bush era tax cuts |
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| Nov.21 |
Ireland |
Irish government backs bail-out |
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| Sep.21 |
Vatican |
Bank investigated over money laundering |
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| Jul.23 |
European Union |
Europe's big banks pass stress tests
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| Jun.27 |
Toronto |
G20 agrees on deficit cuts by 2013 |
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| May.9 |
Belgium |
EU approves $560B crisis fund Europe's finance ministers approved in an emergency meeting a 'stabilization mechanism' that could provide 440 billion euros for a aid packa...
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| Mar.15 |
Belgium |
EU ministers agree Greek plan |
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| Mar.2 |
Greece |
Budget crisis is like wartime situation - PM| Prime Minister George Papandreou has likened the country's budget crisis to a 'wartime situation' and said Greece was at risk of bankruptcy. The government has approved a package of tax increases and spending cuts to save 4.8bn euros and ease its budget crisis, including ri... | |
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| Feb.10 |
Greece |
PM vows to slash huge government deficit
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| Jan.21 |
Washington |
Obama pushes new bank regulation |
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| Jan.10 |
Venezuela |
Chavez: military will monitor prices |
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| Nov.27 |
Dubai |
Dubai debt woes 'a drama, but no crisis'
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| Sep.5 |
London |
G20 pledges tougher bank action |
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| Jun.29 |
New York |
Fraudster Madoff gets 150 years Bernard Madoff has been given the maximum prison sentence for masterminding a massive fraud that robbed investors of $65bn
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| Mar.23 |
Washington |
US unveils $1tn toxic asset plan |
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| Mar.13 |
Switzerland |
Switzerland eases banking secrecy
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| Dec.13 |
New York |
Top investors 'hit by $50bn con' Some of the world's wealthiest private and corporate investors are reported to be victims of an alleged fraud by Wall Street broker Bernard ...
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| Nov.25 |
Washington |
US Fed announces $800bn stimulus
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| Nov.17 |
New York |
Citigroup job cull to hit 75,000 |
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| Nov.14 |
Washington |
World leaders grapple with crisis |
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| Oct.11 |
Paris |
EU chiefs confront markets crisis |
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| Oct.8 |
London |
World's central banks slash interest rates |
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| Oct.7 |
United Kingdom |
UK bank rescue package imminent
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| Oct.4 |
Paris |
No banks bail-out fund for Europe |
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| Oct.3 |
House of Representatives |
House backs $700bn bail-out plan The House of Representatives has passed by 263-171 vote a government plan to rescue the US financial sector
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| Sep.29 |
House of Representatives |
$700 billion bailout package failed |
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| Sep.21 |
New York |
US banks make shock status switch |
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| Sep.19 |
Washington |
Bush hails financial rescue plan
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| Sep.18 |
Global |
Central banks moves cheer markets |
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| Sep.17 |
United Kingdom |
Barclays agrees $1.75B Lehman deal |
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Zimbabwe |
Zimbabwe replaces $10 trillion banknote |
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| Sep.14 |
New York |
Lehman Bros files for bankruptcy | The 4th-largest investment bank in the US will file for bankruptcy protection, amid a growing global financial crisis. The move dealed a further blow to the global financial system. It was a primary dealer in t... | |
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| Sep.7 |
Washington |
US takes over key mortgage firms
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| Aug.5 |
U.S. Congress |
Iraq's projected $80b surplus stirs anger
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| Jul.6 |
Dubai |
UAE to cancel all of Iraq's $7B debt |
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| Mar.18 |
Washington |
Federal Reserve slashes rates by 0.75 |
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| Jan.24 |
Paris |
Rogue trader to cost SocGen $7bn Bank Societe Generale as uncovered 'massive' fraud by a trader which resulted in a loss of 4.9bn euros
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| Jul.5 |
Zimbabwe |
Bulk buy ban amid frenzy |
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| Dec.16 |
Belgium |
EU leaders agree 7-year budget |
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| Jul.21 |
China |
China scraps yuan peg to dollar
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| Jun.11 |
 London |
G8 ministers back Africa debt deal Finance ministers have agreed to cancel up to $55 billion worth of debt owed by the world's poorest nations
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| Dec.23 |
USA |
Battered dollar hits another low |
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| Mar.31 |
Berlin |
Afghanistan wins $8.2bn in aid |
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| Dec.16 |
Germany |
Joint plan to relieve Iraq debt |
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| Sep.14 |
Sweden |
Voters rejects euro currency |
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| Sep.7 |
Washington |
Bush to ask 87 billions more for Iraq
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| Aug.27 |
Washington |
Bremer: Iraq effort to cost tens of billions |
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| Jun.25 |
New York |
WorldCom in accounting trouble, cut jobs |
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| Jan.6 |
Argentina |
Peso devaluated |
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| Jan.1 |
European Union |
Euro mark celebrations| People lined up in freezing temperatures to get a jump on the most ambitious currency swap in history. The euro was introduced to world financial markets as an accounting currency in 1999 and launched as physical coins and... | |
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| Sep.28 |
Denmark |
Denmark rejects euro
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| Jan. 1, 1999 |
European Union |
Europe is united with a common currency 'euro' The euro was introduced to world financial markets as an accounting currency on 1 January 1999, replacing the former European Currency Unit
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| Jul. 22, 1944 |
New Hampshire |
Bretton Woods Conference ends 
Map of Mount Washington Hotel Bretton Woods New Hampshire New Hampshire The United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, to regulate the international monetary and financial order after the conclusion of World War II
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