Europe's finance chiefs face international calls today to accelerate efforts to contain their debt crisis as mounting bets on a Greek default highlight the biggest threat to the global economy.
As central bankers and finance ministers from the Group of Seven nations convene in Marseille, France, for their first face-to-face talks since they promised "coordinated action" Aug. 8 to calm financial markets, Europe's failure to stamp out investor worries over sovereign debts are set to be the focus.
Any global recession "will have Europe's fingerprints on it," said Constance Hunter, who helps manage about $12 billion as chief economist at Aladdin Capital Management LLP in Stamford, Connecticut. "Europe is the real risk."
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