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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.
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Henk Potts, equity strategist at Barclays, tells CNBC that investors don't have enough risk in their portfolios, so should take advantage of a positive signs coming from the US and Europe.
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Louisa Bojesen takes you through the European markets, which closed lower on Thursday.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Mario Draghi, president of the ECB, explains the constraints the body is working under and why its power is limited.
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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.
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Simon Ballard, senior credit strategist at the National Australian Bank, tells CNBC that recent history suggests a pull back is due, with equities 'prone for a correction' as markets get complacent.
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European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said the central bank would keep monetary policy accommodative "for as long as needed".
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Strong data from the U.K. services sector in March, coupled with better retail and consumer confidence, may indicate an improving British economy, easing worries that it could enter a triple-dip recession.
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Nicholas Spiro, managing director at Spiro Sovereign Strategy, tells CNBC that markets are much more ambivalent to political machinations than two years ago.
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Has Cyprus extended capital controls by another week? That's the mystery facing the market on Thursday.
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A resurgence in European initial public offerings (IPOs) this year, seen recently with the Moleskin’s listing in Milan, will continue with further offerings in Germany in the second quarter, according to Goldman Sachs.
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Online currency bitcoin had 20 percent knocked off its price overnight on Thursday as one of its major exchanges became the victim of a hacking attack leading to a sell-off in the virtual currency after reaching an all-time high.
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The Bank of England opted on Thursday not to pump new money into Britain's stagnant economy, despite a new remit that gives it clearer leeway to disregard above-target inflation.
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Thorsten Polleit, chief economist at Degussa Goldhandel, says the continued money-printing by the ECB is making matters worse.
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Marcus Ashworth, head of fixed income at Espirito Santo Investment Bank, and Guillaume Menuet, European economist at Citi, discuss why the ECB should cut rates in the near future.
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Peter Dixon, senior economist at Commerzbank Securities, questions whether Cyprus is still a part of the European monetary union despite keeping the euro.
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CNBC's Kelly Evans reports European shares were mixed ahead of policy decisions by the European Central Bank and the Bank of England.
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Stefan Schneider, research chief international economist and head of macro economy at Deutsche Bank, tells CNBC that the ECB is not responsible for bailing out Europe's politicians, as well as economies.
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With a growing gap between the outlook for the U.S. and for other G4 countries, expect dollar strength ahead.
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Economist Nouriel Roubini, known as Dr. Doom, actually sees strength in the U.S. economy...relatively speaking of course.
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Has Cyprus extended capital controls by another week? That's the mystery facing the market on Thursday.
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Bitcoin currency has surged over 360 percent in the past month, and one currency analyst is warning of its unstable nature.
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Analysts are questioning whether a group of economic "wise men" can save Italy from new elections.
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Todd Horwitz, chief strategist at The Adam Mesh Trading Group, says the market expects U.S. job numbers to be lower than previously forecast.
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Tina Fordham, senior political analyst at Citi Private Bank, says the 5 Star Movement remains the wild card in Italy's political impasse.
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How do you make money in these markets? Here is what some of the experts on CNBC have been telling us.