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.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The yen broke recent trends and jumped against the dollar and the euro on Thursday after a slide in stocks sparked by a drop in Chinese factory activity prompted a rush for the safe-haven Japanese currency.

Earlier today, European Central Bank commissioner Ewald Nowotny warned that the euro zone recession in 2013 could be even worse than the -0.1% growth expected.

Three months later, the German defense ministry's undersecretary of state didn't sound as convinced when questioned in Germany's parliament.

In the grip of its longest recession and battling problems from soaring youth unemployment to bank credit stagnation, the eurozone has more than enough to worry about as it is.

The euro lies at the root of Europe�s record unemployment rate and countries such as Spain and Greece should quit the common currency to return to economic health, said the head of Germany�s fledgling anti-euro party. Southern European countries can�t ...

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The yen jumped the most in five weeks against the euro as signs China's economy is slowing and the prospect of a reduction in U.S.

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Lithuania is set to become the last of the three Baltic countries to join the euro region, with Estonia making the switch in 2011 and Latvia planning to follow suit next year.