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  • After Cyprus, Is Slovenia Next Euro Zone Domino? Friday, 5 Apr 2013 | 10:49 AM ET
    View over Lublijana, Slovenia.

    Successive Slovenian governments have refused to privatize the country's banks, which made disastrous loans to politically connected business interests and now threaten to drag the country center stage in the euro zone debt crisis.

  • Cyprus Sparks Fears of Crunch Time for Spain Friday, 5 Apr 2013 | 6:24 AM ET

    Spain's banking bailout last year is now a distant memory. But according to one strategist, Spain's fragile economy now faces the possibility of tipping over into a renewed credit crunch.

  • Global Markets Update  Friday, 5 Apr 2013 | 6:10 AM ET

    CNBC's Kelly Evans reports on all the market moving events from Europe.

  • Will Europe Become Japan?  Friday, 5 Apr 2013 | 4:00 AM ET

    Davide Serra, founder and CEO of Algebris Investments, tells CNBC why he doesn't expect Europe to become like Japan, suggesting that the ECB's help is much more conditional than its BoJ counterpart.

  • France Appeals for German Leniency on Deficit Friday, 5 Apr 2013 | 1:13 AM ET

    France urged Germany on Thursday to grant it more time to hit its public deficit-cutting target, but denied it was turning into the new "sick man of Europe" even as data pointed to a deepening French downturn.

  • Keynesianism in Japan  Friday, 5 Apr 2013 | 12:05 AM ET

    Niall Ferguson, Professor at Harvard University says a regime change in policy has happened in Japan. He says the BoJ and other central banks' measures are actually backward looking, applying 1930s Keynesianism.

  • Audacious BOJ Policy Sends Dollar, Euro Soaring Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 4:34 PM ET

    The dollar and euro made their largest percentage gains against the yen since late 2008 after the Bank of Japan surprised the markets with an ambitious plan to fight deflation in a radical overhaul of policy.

  • Why the Gold Trade Is Getting Murdered Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 4:20 PM ET

    After gold plunged Thursday, pros disagreed on how to trade it but came to a consensus on what's pushing it lower.

  • Why Strategists Are Bullish on the Buck Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 3:48 PM ET

    With the divergence widening between U.S. economic prospects and the outlook for Britain, Japan, and the euro zone, experts see dollar strength ahead.

  • Central Bank Efforts May 'End in Tears': El-Erian Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 12:19 PM ET
    Mohamed El-Erian, CEO PIMCO

    Global central banks are accelerating mostly ineffective policies because they feel they have no choice but to keep trying, Pimco's Mohamed El-Erian told CNBC.

  • Draghi: The Buck Does Not Stop With ECB Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 12:06 PM ET
    Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank

    European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said the central bank would keep monetary policy accommodative "for as long as needed".

  • El-Erian: Three Things Cyprus Tells Us About Europe  Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 11:33 AM ET

    CNBC's Rick Santelli talks with Pimco's Mohamed El-Erian, about the likely outcome of central banks' "experimental" monetary policies.

  • Way Clear for ECB Rate Cut: Expert  Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 11:10 AM ET

    David Milleker, chief economist at Union Investment, tells CNBC that the ECB have paved the way for a rate cut, but questions whether it would actually have the positive effect they desire.

  • Does Draghi Have a Plan B?  Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 11:00 AM ET

    David Owen, chief European economist at Jefferies International, tells CNBC that Mario Draghi and the ECB must now start trying to "engineer a recovery" in the vein of Bernanke and Kuroda.

  • 'Buck Does Not Stop With ECB': Draghi   Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 9:26 AM ET

    Mario Draghi said the ECB cannot compensate for a lack of reforms by euro zone governments."The buck does not stop with the ECB," he said.

  • Draghi: 'Cyprus is Not a Template'  Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 8:58 AM ET

    Mario Draghi, president of the ECB, explains why Cyprus is not a template for the rest of the euro zone and says he's "sure" Jeroen Dijsselbloem was misunderstood.

  • Draghi: ECB Can't Do Everything  Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 8:47 AM ET

    Mario Draghi, president of the ECB, explains the constraints the body is working under and why its power is limited.

  • Draghi to Focus on Small Companies: Expert  Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 7:45 AM ET

    James Round, vice president of the LBBW Landesbank Baden, believes Draghi will focus on getting funds to small and medium enterprises by easing up on collateral requirements, or through launching a purchasing scheme.

  • Best Buy Offering Apple's iPad 3 at 30% Discount  Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 7:45 AM ET

    CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis reports the ECB will leave interest rates at current levels; Best Buy is discounting Apple's iPad 3 by 30 percent; and Carnival's ship, Triumph had to be towed to port after breaking loose from a dock.

  • Economist to Draghi: Stop the Press!  Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 6:30 AM ET

    Thorsten Polleit, chief economist at Degussa Goldhandel, says the continued money-printing by the ECB is making matters worse.