BRUSSELS - Falling prices in Germany and France pulled euro zone consumer inflation to a three-year low in April, while imports fell 10 percent in March, as new data showed the depth of the bloc's downturn.

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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) Chief Executive Officer Lloyd C. Blankfein told a German newspaper the risk of a euro-region breakup or member country bankruptcy is lower than a year ago as the political will behind the common currency remains intact.

In the 1990s, proponents of a common European currency hoped that the euro would be the lifeblood of an ever more united Europe.

In place of the IMF, Asmussen suggested the eurozone could use the body set up to manage its permanent 500 billion euros rescue fund, the European Stability Mechanism.

The sweeping vision also encompassed a harmonized tax system and the ability for the euro zone to borrow money by issuing its own bonds, a proposal that has been raised repeatedly over the past three years and been roundly rejected by Germany.

PARIS - Europe slipped deeper into a widespread recession, according to data released Wednesday. But when European heads of state meet next week in Brussels, no big announcements about plans to stimulate growth are expected.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Saving pocket change may not end the euro zone crisis, but the European Commission hopes that scrapping the smallest coins could help penny-pinching governments cut costs.

In the words of Bilal Hafeez and George Saravelos at Deutsche: �The big story over the last five years has not been a lack of inflows into the euro area, which have remained remarkably steady. It has been domestic risk aversion. This has seen large ...