The euro zone periphery may seem backward relative to Germany or the Netherlands, but its members are rich, industrialised economies with modern service sectors.

But with the ECB's main interest rate now at 0.5 percent and euro zone inflation at 1.2 percent, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard recommended the ECB could consider quantitative easing (QE), or printing money for asset purchases.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar fell against the euro on Tuesday after comments from Federal Reserve officials dented expectations the U.S.

Potential revenues that escape the net of tax collectors reportedly amount to one trillion euros. Such large amounts of money, currently sitting in tax havens, would be greatly beneficial to European countries in boom years, let alone times when most ...

Euro rises to session high vs dollar * Gold's appeal hurt by fears the Fed will ease stimulus * Spot silver cuts loss to 0.6 percent, platinum to 1.65 pct (Recasts, updates prices, adds comments, adds byline, changes dateline (previous LONDON) By ...

Euro climbs to four-month peak versus Swiss franc. By Wanfeng Zhou. NEW YORK, May 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar fell against the euro on Tuesday after St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard dented expectations the U.S. central bank may ...

But with the ECB's main interest rate now at 0.5 percent and euro zone inflation at 1.2 percent, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard recommended the ECB could consider quantitative easing (QE), or printing money for asset purchases.

A review of asset quality by euro zone's banking regulators of the region's banks may show a capital shortfall of 300 billion euros ($386 billion) to 400 billion euros led by France and Germany, according to analysts at Berenberg Bank. The European ...

A majority of entrepreneurs Zeman has met see membership in the euro area as beneficial for their businesses and the country that joined the European Union in 2004 should be technically ready to adopt the common currency in five years, he said at a ...

Bund losses might be limited by weak euro zone outlook. * Greek 10-year yield falls below 30-year for 1st time since 2010. By Emelia Sithole-Matarise.