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Markets Friday will debate the merits of President Obama's $447 billion jobs package and monitor G-7 finance ministers, who meet in France against a backdrop of weaker global growth and fears of financial contagion from Europe. more...

Greece said on Friday it sent a formal letter of inquiry to finance ministers around the world to help assess global holdings of Greek government bonds in preparation to a debt swap plan, as part of its second bailout. more...

Investors were hoping for more than they got from the meeting between Frances's Nicolas Sarkozy and Germany's Angela Merkel. Here's what to do now. more...

CNBC's Scott Wapner & Simon Hobbs with a look at European banks and the euro, and a discussion of China's plan to increase the value of the the yuan, with Mark Chadler,Brown Brothers Harriman. more...

The euro rose in Asia on Monday after the European Central Bank announced steps to ease tensions in the euro zone debt market, while the Group of Seven major industrialized nations affirmed their vows to support financial market stability and growth.* more...

Bad economic news bombarded the UK Treasury on Monday as new International Monetary Fund forecasts cast doubt on the chancellor’s deficit reduction plan, the FT reports. more...

U.S. Republican leaders will scramble to rescue their budget deficit-cutting plan on Friday after conservatives mounted a rebellion that heaped uncertainty on efforts to avert a catastrophic debt default. more...

Prices for Greek, Irish and Portuguese bonds jumped and the cost of insuring their debt tumbled on Friday as euro zone leaders agreed on a second rescue package for Greece. more...

It's a busy day in Europe - and a complicated one for investors. more...

A tax on the banking sector will not be part of the second bailout package for Greece, European Union sources said on Thursday. more...

German banks have agreed in principle to use a French proposal as a basis for negotiating private-sector participation in a Greek debt rollover, two sources close to the negotiation told Reuters on Tuesday. more...

European banks and insurers are scrambling to prevent a default by Greece amid worries that Greece's parliament won't pass a much-needed austerity plan next week. more...

European banks and finance officials are discussing a proposal to replace existing Greek debt with a different type of bond to get around ratings agencies' reservations about a planned rollover, two senior European banking sources said on Friday. more...

Ever since the financial crisis of 2008 it feels as if markets are never that far away from another bad news story. more...

There is no need for a “plan B” for the economy even if conditions change, senior Conservatives insisted on Sunday as Ed Balls renewed his attack on the government’s “reckless” deficit reduction program, reported the FT. more...

Confidence in the new plan to save Greece is misplaced according to Carl Weinberg, the chief economist at High Frequency Economics. more...

The CEO of Europe's largest insurer by gross premiums and market capitalization has called for more aid for Greece and a plan to help the country's growth, according to German media reports. more...