NEW YORK (Reuters) - DBRS plans to rate the credit of all euro-zone sovereigns by year-end, from the current 10 of 17, which will give the now-missing countries one more way for the ECB to weigh how valuable each nation's debt is as collateral.

The euro-zone economy has just endured a sixth successive quarter of shrinking GDP. The malaise is spreading to core countries including Finland and the Netherlands, which both contracted in the first quarter.

Euro gains as better Ifo makes ECB easing less likely. * German Ifo business climate survey well above forecasts. * Yen stays firm versus dollar after strong gains Thursday.

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As he explains: �We want to stop those political euro rescue actions and break up the eurozone. The euro is dividing Europe instead of unifying it.

LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium plan to sell bonds next week, expecting to raise an estimated combined total of about 16-17 billion euros. * Belgium aims to raise between 2.9 billion and 3.9 billion euros on Tuesday, when ...

In part, the decline in Irish borrowing costs has been driven by European Central Bank President Mario Draghi's pledge last year to do whatever it takes to defend the euro. It also reflects Ireland's strategy of protecting its 12.5 percent corporate ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann said on Thursday it was not up to the European Central Bank to solve the euro zone crisis, resisting pressure from other ECB policymakers for the bank to widen its range of policy tools. Speaking in ...

The euro strengthened for a second day against the dollar after an industry report showed German business confidence unexpectedly increased in May, adding to optimism the region's biggest economy is improving.

A euro-area services and factory output gauge increased more than economists forecast in May, adding to signs the currency bloc is starting to emerge from its record-long recession.