- Howard Schneider
- Staff Writer
Howard Schneider covers international economics at the Post. He has been at the paper for 20 years in a variety of reporting and editing roles, and served abroad as bureau chief in Jerusalem, Cairo and Toronto.
- Greece’s political changes put bailout, euro at risk
- Spain’s problems add pressure on Europe’s leaders to accelerate crisis response
- At Camp David, world leaders agree on more spending to boost Europe’s economy
- Greek euro exit would hit at home, but fallout could be global
- As G-8 world leaders head to Camp David, a test looms for the euro zone
- Group of Eight set to meet; France’s Francois Hollande to first visit Obama
- Greek deadlock heightens fears of full European economic crisis
- European austerity bites deep into Spain
- Spain’s lingering bank crisis weighs on economic recovery
- Traveling ECB brings no new fixes
- Spain’s unemployment prompts a look elsewhere
- U.S., China to launch high-stakes economic, security talks despite diplomatic tension
- In Spain, fear grows that budget cuts are worsening nation’s crisis
- In Spain, spike in jobless rate intensifies crisis
- Geithner presses China on banking reform
- Google says Justice Dept. probed privacy issues associated with Street View
- Spanish banks ‘vulnerable’ and may need public help, says IMF
- Greek central banker warns of break with euro zone
- Home prices remain near post-crisis low; new-home sales fall 7%
- Dutch government falls in skirmish over austerity measures
- For U.S., Europe, ‘a long journey’ to economic rebound
- Markets rebound despite disappointing economic data
- Geithner: Recent China currency and trade moves ‘significant’
- Amid euro-slump, the IMF rethinks austerity
- IMF predicts modest growth as Europe starts to exit recession
- Jim Yong Kim named World Bank president
- IMF chief Lagarde calls for U.S. mortgage relief
- Obama nominee for World Bank helm stumps for votes
- Spain back in the crosshairs of euro-zone crisis
- Challengers for World Bank leadership ask for ‘a fair chance’
- German effort to save euro zone comes at a cost
- Housing report disappoints as existing-home sales dip in February
- At the World Bank, competition for a change?
- Geithner defends IMF euro-loans
- In a globalized world, what role for the World Bank?
- IMF approves its share of new Greek bailout
- Obama cites China on rare-metals policy
- WTO upholds ruling against Boeing subsidies
- Greece wraps up debt swap
- Greek debt write-down: The era of risk-free government bonds nears its end
- Greece warns of payment default to investors that may reject debt-swap deal
- As IMF stumps for funds, a Republican backlash brews over Europe
- How the IMF reasserted its power in Greece’s debt crisis
- Ireland faces long road back to borrowing
- Greece — so far — avoids one debt stigma
- Unemployment claims drop, but new data paint a muddied economic picture
- Greece gets favorable ruling from panel of bankers, investors
- ECB pumps a fresh $700 billion into euro banks
- For Greece, a critical conference call between London and New York
- Loans flow from Europe’s central bank, but analysts debate if they’re a cure or a crutch
- Local, state and foreign officials attack Volcker Rule
- Greece posts debt offer to investors on Web site
- U.S. ‘doesn’t see the need’ to pump up IMF
- Greek plan could mean exile from investors
- Greek bailout plan now moves to the IMF
- For U.S., Europe and the world, no consensus over the costs of crisis
- Questions grow over who will replace World Bank chief Robert Zoellick
- Xi calls for stronger trade relationship between China and U.S.
- Greece, even with bailout help, faces massive debt
- Italy’s Mario Monti makes the case for growth
- Greek officials reach austerity deal that could pave way for bailout
- Mario Monti, Italy’s prime minister, aims to set a new growth agenda for Europe
- Europe turns up the pressure on Greece over debt plan
- Bill Gates pushes ‘green revolution’ for small farms in developing world
- At Peterson Institute, a founder steps down
- IMF sees rising recession risk from euro credit crisis
- IMF report: Global economy looks grim for 2012
- Lagarde, in Berlin, tells Germany — and the rest of Europe — to pay up
- IMF pushes Europe to do more to fight debt crisis
- Standard & Poor’s cuts credit ratings for France and eight other European nations
- Commerce revamp could weaken trade policy
- Greek debt talks ‘running short’ on time
- Durable during two years of crisis, the euro begins to slide
- Greece’s survival in euro zone linked to upcoming talks
- Using its playlist and some tech savvy, lost iPod reshuffled to its original owner
- IMF calls Irish rescue ‘fragile’
- Europe could face “unprecedented” finance risk in early 2012
- Lagarde: Resolving European debt crisis requires global effort
- Q&A with the IMF’s Christine Lagarde
- IMF boosts emergency response powers
- Greece is slipping on reforms, IMF warns
- Europe’s debt summit fails to halt rise in borrowing costs
- U.S.: No plans to join IMF euro fund
- ECB cuts interest rates, loosens reins on loans
- Euro zone has a short-term crisis to fight, amid talk of long-term changes
- Tremors from a euro collapse would be global, with U.S. recession likely
- Euro program at IMF could spread rescue risk worldwide
- U.S. explores new ways for IMF to aid Europe
- European debt crisis: Euro zone facing make-up-or-break-up choice
- European ministers plan to turn to IMF for more help in debt crisis
- Obama hosts European leaders as debt crisis escalates
- Euro situation ‘dangerous,’ says European Council chief Van Rompuy
- ECB leader Mario Draghi rebuffs calls for greater central bank role
- Spain latest to take hit in European debt crisis
- Jump in euro-zone interest rates hits France
- As Italy edged toward crisis, ECB stepped back
- Portuguese president calls for larger central bank role in euro crisis
- Europe heading toward recession, European Commission says
- Italy’s bond rates hit the danger zone as Europe’s debt-crisis fears deepen
- World leaders demand swift action by Europe to contain debt crisis
- At G-20, Bill Gates addresses leaders about helping poor
- G-20, under Greece’s shadow, struggles with growth
- Greek crisis, other global financial woes crash the G-20 party in Cannes
- Greece’s lenders halt aid until after country’s bailout referendum
- Euro zone’s slowing growth deepens recession fears amid debt crisis
- Greek referendum call upends euro-plans
- European markets plunge on proposed Greek bailout vote
- Rescue plan hits Greek banks, pension system hardest
- Will Europe’s redesigned bailout fund be up to the task?
- Euro leaders tell of drama in bailout plan talks
- Europe plan raises hope but will need to prove itself in practice
- European leaders agree on plans to shore up banks in effort to contain debt crisis
- European leaders head for financial summit with no solution in sight
- Work continues on European crisis plan
- Europe reports progress in financial crisis talks, but key issues unresolved
- Most Greek bailout money has gone to pay off bondholders
- Europe faces a summit strikeout
- Greek rescue may cost banks even more
- Dexia: the end of a crisis or the beginning?
- Moody’s downgrades Spain’s credit rating, warns France on risks
- As growth lags, IMF shifts gears
- Europe rejects U.S., IMF recommendations on debt crisis, stirring doubts about plan
- G-20 finance leaders gather in Paris in crisis mode as Europe’s economy teeters
- Europe moves ahead on debt-crisis plan requiring banks to raise more capital
- More downgrades hit Europe: Italy, Spain and a dozen British banks
- Germany urges plan to aid banks in crisis
- France, Belgium move to aid ailing European bank
- Europe moves toward bailout fund — knowing the real debate is to come
- IMF lax on Europe? Past rescue efforts elsewhere hit private investors harder
- Greece vows commitment to euro, meeting budget targets
- For Europe, the criticism piles on at IMF meeting
- Geithner, U.S. Treasury secretary, urges major shift in European financial system
- Osborne to euro nations: Patience is ‘running out’
- In Europe, bonds deemed risk-free fueled debt crisis, analysts say
- Christine Lagarde: With Europe ‘behind the curve,’ can IMF chief craft way forward?
- Rehn: Is Europe’s ‘Hamiltonian moment’ near?
- IMF puts number on potential bank losses in European debt crisis: $400 billion
- IMF warns global economic slowdown entering ‘dangerous new phase’
- Greece must speed up cuts, European economic officials warn
- European banks face major reckoning
- Lagarde warns major economies of recession
- European Central Bank to loan dollars
- Germany, France confirm support for Greece
- European leaders try to calm fears of a Greek default
- Ireland economy shows even euro zone bright spots are ‘clouded’
- Strikes hit Rome, Madrid in midst of debt debate, slowdown
- U.S. markets down as crisis in Europe deepens
- Asian markets fall as European ministers try to calm nerves
- European markets tremble at confluence of economic worries
- Can debt limits save the euro?
- Greek bailout program hits new roadblocks as IMF, E.U. officials break off talks
- Is austerity killing Europe’s recovery?
- Spain moves toward putting spending limits in constitution
- Europe officials defend banking systems
- Greek bailout in doubt because of European countries’ demands for collateral
- Europe debt crisis forces officials to revisit creation of common eurobonds
- France to raise taxes in deficit battle
- ECB faces showdown over government debt
- GE ‘all in’ on aviation deal with China
- European Central Bank continues bond-buying
- Banks, entwined in government debt, contribute to Europe’s dimming outlook
- U.S. stocks sink to end another week of swings
- In euro-zone crisis, German leader Angela Merkel’s options are limited
- German economic slowdown yields more sour news for Europe
- Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on developing prosperity in Africa
- ECB moves to back Italy and Spain
- Stock markets complete wild week with another gain
- Stock markets rally on jobs report despite drop in exports
- Low growth drags down euro-zone prospects
- Greece default ‘virtually 100 percent’
- Euro zone: Greek contagion quarantined
- European leaders agree to new Greek rescue plan
- European leaders meet at Brussels summit to deal with debt crisis
- IMF says euro under ‘a shadow,’ signals that currency union may be in jeopardy
- European banks see debt threat in U.S. as well as at home
- World Bank President Robert Zoellick: U.S. ‘dumbing down’ global trade talks
- Europe’s banking system would be at risk in another downturn, stress tests find
- Italy slashing budget to fend off debt crisis
- IMF on Greece: ‘No room for slippage’
- Debt crisis threatens Italy, one of euro zone’s biggest economies
- Lipton tapped as IMF number two
- European Central Bank battles defaults in Greece, Ireland, Portugal
- Analysis: New IMF chief Lagarde keeps her opinions guarded (sort of) in her debut
- First up for new IMF chief Christine Lagarde: ethics training
- Dominique Strauss-Kahn released from house arrest; sexual assault case in limbo
- Questions about accuser leave Strauss-Kahn sexual assault case in limbo
- As Greece passes austerity measures to avoid default, Europe works with banks on deal
- Senate Finance Committee postpones action on free-trade deals after GOP boycott
- Senate panel postpones action on trade deals after GOP boycott
- Greek austerity vote may only be temporary salve before larger battles to come
- New IMF head Christine Lagarde faces immediate crisis in Greece
- Lagarde chosen to lead IMF
- U.S. backs Lagarde to head IMF
- Europe hopes for ‘bail-in’ banks for Greek rescue
- As Europe stumbles, Lagarde presses IMF bid
- World Bank to boost ‘hedge’ financing for farmers in developing nations
- Greek government wins vote of confidence
- Europe’s hard choice: More direct support of weaker nations, or risk default
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