The grit in the oyster, constantly, in those observing Italy's slide into the crisis zone, is the persistent low growth and high trade deficit in Berlusconiland.
He intended to urge the bloc to address three big issues: the crisis in the euro zone, a crisis of competitiveness that is allowing other regions to move ahead and a lack of democratic accountability and consent that is felt deeply, particularly in Britain.
Having fled these currencies in late 2011 as the euro zone's crisis deepened, investors returned to emerging markets and other riskier assets at the beginning of this year, buoyed by encouraging economic data out of the U.S. and signs the euro-zone debt crisis is calming down.
An outsider could be forgiven for some confusion about Tory views of the euro-zone crisis.
This despite the euro-zone crisis, as ASOS sales were bolstered by its international (hello America) sales.
The seriousness of the euro-zone crisis did not interfere with that tradition this year.
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Right across Europe in the euro-zone crisis, incumbents have been unseated by disgruntled voters.
The fund has certainly become intertwined with European institutions because of the euro-zone crisis.
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This year's growth forecast is 1.5-2%, only marginally down on previous estimates despite the euro-zone crisis.
If the euro-zone crisis, which is flaring up again, leads to a break-up, the shock-waves will hit Britain.
Fitch warned that further contagion could pose serious risks and the euro zone crisis must be resolved swiftly and orderly.
Even if the euro-zone crisis were to be solved tomorrow, the region's GDP would probably shrink over the coming months.
Worries that the euro-zone crisis was flaring up again pushed the broad MSCI Asia ex-Japan index down 1.3% on Monday.
Such linkages, along with Britain's strong trade ties, mean the economy's fate depends on an orderly resolution of the euro-zone crisis.
What's more, the components of a solution to the immediate euro-zone crisis, long proposed by this newspaper, are fairly well understood.
With the added uncertainty caused by the ongoing Euro zone crisis, European banks are in even worse shape than their American counterparts.
What with gold prices failing to make new highs, the euro zone crisis must be as near-to-finished as the broader global financial crisis.
They stress the lack of experience in high office of the would-be Socialist candidates, at a time when the euro-zone crisis is deepening.
Gold bugs are full of reasons to buy, including the Euro zone crisis and indications that the Fed will do more to stimulate the economy.
In the euro-zone crisis the threat of sovereign default renders some governments impotent, while those which could act have chosen not to do so decisively.
And, as the euro zone crisis forces more banks to pull back from Asia, the timing seems ripe for local financiers to flex their muscles.
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The October 2012 Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR) finds increased risks to the global financial system, with the euro-zone crisis the principal source of concern.
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August 2011 was a tumultuous month for the market, as the euro zone crisis raged and congress wrangled with the issue of raising the debt ceiling.
In effect, we are all Europeans now, as the euro zone crisis threatens global economic security and threatens to evolve into a renewed global economic crisis.
As top European Union officials admit, decisive action in response to the euro-zone crisis has come about only when a government's ability to borrow has come under threat.
Most analysts expect oil prices to be softer in the first quarter as the euro-zone crisis dominates the news and unseasonably warm winter weather keeps oil demand weak.
Many fear the euro-zone crisis will flare up again as investors and policy makers return from their summer holidays, so any window of calm could be relatively brief.
The test for Portugal and indeed for the euro-zone crisis response will be to calibrate the mix of market money and public money as it leaves its bailout behind.
During the second quarter, several European companies pulled their listing plans as renewed uncertainty over the euro-zone crisis brought to an end a period of relative calm to markets.
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