Eurozone Countries

In forex markets, the 19-nation euro slumped to $1.0506 in early Tokyo trade, its lowest since March 2015, but it later rebounded to $1.0585.

Investors are keeping an eye on global events like Italy's constitutional referendum outcome (due December 4 night), which could determine whether the country stays in the Eurozone or not.

Eurostat said gross domestic product in the 19 countries sharing the euro rose 0.3% quarter-on-quarter in the July-September period and by 1.6% year-on-year.

European Central Bank chief economist Peter Praet on Tuesday said the Eurozone banking sector is facing a severe profitability shock, pointing to high costs, an excessive amount of bad debt in some countries and the lack of necessary consolidation.

European citizens are more concerned about a so-called 'Brexit', or exit of the Britain from the European Union, than the British people themselves, a survey found.

Irish prime minister Enda Kenny conceded defeat on Saturday following elections that saw the governing coalition punished by voters weary of austerity, leaving the eurozone country in political limbo with no clear winner.

Britain will vote on its membership of the European Union on June 23, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Saturday as he began the daunting challenge of persuading the country to stay in.

Tourist arrivals from Europe have registered a remarkable 4.8 per cent increase in 'God's Own Country' Kerala during the year till October despite the Eurozone recovery losing steam.

Most Greeks are pessimistic and anxious about their country's economic situation in 2016, a poll showed on Saturday.

The dollar hit its strongest since mid-March against its peers at the start of a week likely to highlight the divergent outlooks for US and Eurozone interest rates, while oil fell with OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) ministers expected to keep the pumps on.

Eurozone finance ministers today meet for the first time since Greek voters re-elected leftist premier Alexis Tsipras, who now faces the daunting task of implementing the country's cash-for-reforms bailout deal.

Greece and international creditors agreed on a new multi-billion euro bailout deal on Tuesday, a finance ministry official said, in an accord which will keep the country in the eurozone and avert bankruptcy.

France wants a stronger, more harmonised eurozone led by "a vanguard of countries", French President Francois Hollande said in an interview published Sunday.

Greece, which is going through a financial crisis, has reached a desperately-needed bailout deal with the Eurozone which will prevent the country crashing out of the European Union having a single currency.

Eurozone leaders set conditions on Monday for Greece to negotiate a third bailout to keep the near-bankrupt country in the Eurozone.

In forex markets, the 19-nation euro slumped to $1.0506 in early Tokyo trade, its lowest since March 2015, but it later rebounded to $1.0585.

Investors are keeping an eye on global events like Italy's constitutional referendum outcome (due December 4 night), which could determine whether the country stays in the Eurozone or not.

Eurostat said gross domestic product in the 19 countries sharing the euro rose 0.3% quarter-on-quarter in the July-September period and by 1.6% year-on-year.

European Central Bank chief economist Peter Praet on Tuesday said the Eurozone banking sector is facing a severe profitability shock, pointing to high costs, an excessive amount of bad debt in some countries and the lack of necessary consolidation.

European citizens are more concerned about a so-called 'Brexit', or exit of the Britain from the European Union, than the British people themselves, a survey found.

Irish prime minister Enda Kenny conceded defeat on Saturday following elections that saw the governing coalition punished by voters weary of austerity, leaving the eurozone country in political limbo with no clear winner.

Britain will vote on its membership of the European Union on June 23, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Saturday as he began the daunting challenge of persuading the country to stay in.

Tourist arrivals from Europe have registered a remarkable 4.8 per cent increase in 'God's Own Country' Kerala during the year till October despite the Eurozone recovery losing steam.

Most Greeks are pessimistic and anxious about their country's economic situation in 2016, a poll showed on Saturday.

The dollar hit its strongest since mid-March against its peers at the start of a week likely to highlight the divergent outlooks for US and Eurozone interest rates, while oil fell with OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) ministers expected to keep the pumps on.

Eurozone finance ministers today meet for the first time since Greek voters re-elected leftist premier Alexis Tsipras, who now faces the daunting task of implementing the country's cash-for-reforms bailout deal.

Greece and international creditors agreed on a new multi-billion euro bailout deal on Tuesday, a finance ministry official said, in an accord which will keep the country in the eurozone and avert bankruptcy.

France wants a stronger, more harmonised eurozone led by "a vanguard of countries", French President Francois Hollande said in an interview published Sunday.

Greece, which is going through a financial crisis, has reached a desperately-needed bailout deal with the Eurozone which will prevent the country crashing out of the European Union having a single currency.

Eurozone leaders set conditions on Monday for Greece to negotiate a third bailout to keep the near-bankrupt country in the Eurozone.