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The Interview
Former ECB head Trichet: 'We avoided another Great Depression in 2008'
Ten years ago, the financial world was rocked by the collapse of a Wall Street giant. Lehman Brothers' spectacular bankruptcy sparked a global market sell-off, and was seen by…
People & Profit
Lessons from Lehman: Are we better prepared for the next crisis?
Ten years ago, the investment bank Lehman Brothers went bankrupt. The event came to symbolise the start of the global financial crisis. With more than $600 billion (€516bn) in…
Inside The Americas
Lehman Brothers collapse: What went wrong ten years ago?
Ten years ago this week, US investment bank Lehman Brothers collapsed, unleashing a global financial crisis. In this special edition of the show, we focus on that crash, its…
Argentina hikes interest rate to 60% amid currency slide
Argentina's Central Bank hiked its benchmark interest rate from 45 to 60 percent on Thursday in a dramatic but fruitless bid to shore up the peso, which plunged to a record low…
Argentina hikes interest rate amid currency slide
2018-08-30 17:35 Argentina hikes interest rate amid currency slide
'Greece crisis over' as Eurozone agrees on debt relief
Eurozone ministers declared the end of the Greek debt crisis early Friday agreeing debt relief and a big cash payout for Greece, part of a broad bailout exit deal that will close…
Talking Europe
Readying the eurozone for future storms: EU Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis
Picture a house – built by different teams of workers, over several decades, and only partially finished when a powerful storm strikes. The walls and roof need reinforcing…
Focus
Rio mired in economic crisis a year after hosting Olympics
A state of "financial calamity" was declared in Rio de Janeiro just before it hosted the August 2016 Olympic Games. Salaries for public servants went unpaid and funding was…
De-regulating Wall Street: The beginning of the end for Dodd-Frank reforms
Donald Trump is following through on a campaign promise to begin dismantling the Dodd-Frank act. They were reforms designed to prevent a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis. But…
Obama slams Trump for promising to reverse Wall Street reforms
President Barack Obama slammed Donald Trump’s proposal to weaken Wall Street reforms and touted his own economic record on Wednesday during a trip to a city he visited three…
IMF’s Lagarde issues call to ‘get real’ on Greek crisis
In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24 Thursday, IMF chief Christine Lagarde called on the international community to “move forward” on trying to solve the Greek crisis by…
IMF’s Lagarde says Greek debt deal 'good distance away'
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde on Sunday told Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras that “we are still a good distance away” in negotiations for a debt deal…