European Union

• Investors Upbeat on U.S. Stocks

  By Rich Miller, Bloomberg  |  May 16, 2013

  In this week's Bloomberg Global Poll, the U.S. and Japan ranked high, while expectations fell for returns on investments in China.

• Congress Pressures Swaps Regulators to Curb Dodd-Frank

  By Silla Brush, Bloomberg  |  May 7, 2013

  House Financial Services Committee to vote today on measures to ease derivatives requirements.

• Euro-Area Economy Headed for 2-Year Slump

  By Rebecca Christie, Bloomberg  |  May 3, 2013

  EC lowers forecast; now predicts 0.4% decline in GDP in 2013.

• Europe Poised to Soften on Austerity

  By Patrick Donahue, Bloomberg  |  April 29, 2013

  New Italian government may unwind some budget measures.

• Austerity on Trial amid New Evidence

  By Simon Kennedy, Rebecca Christie and Stefan Riecher  |  April 22, 2013

  Economic policies are debated again as growth undershoots estimates.

• U.K. Among Nations Raising Alarm on U.S. Swap Rules’ Reach

  By Silla Brush, Bloomberg  |  April 19, 2013

  Overseas finance officials urge U.S. Treasury to limit the cross-border reach of derivatives regulations.

• Benchmark Rates Should Reflect Real Data, Iosco Says

  By Jim Brunsden and Lindsay Fortado, Bloomberg  |  April 16, 2013

  Global regulators want rates to be based on ‘observable transactions.’

• Europe Moves Toward Tax Evasion Clampdown

  By Mark Deen, Rebecca Christie and Stephanie Bodoni, Bloomberg  |  April 15, 2013

  Nine countries back proposal for automatic sharing of bank details.

• Japan Gets Calls Not to Drive Down Yen

  By Kasia Klimasinska and Ian Katz, Bloomberg  |  April 15, 2013

  Other nations worry BOJ’s aggressive easing threatens their exports.

• EU’s Barnier Said to Urge Rethink of U.S. Swaps Rules

  By Jim Brunsden, Bloomberg  |  April 9, 2013

  EU financial services chief seeks changes on draft rules on swaps.