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Fighting next US recession likely to involve using tools from crisis, says Fed chair Yellen

Iran says it will co-operate with other producers to stabilise markets ahead of energy forum

Case bolstered by improving labour market conditions and economic growth expectations

All eyes on Fed chief this week as she addresses world central bankers in Wyoming

Irish shares fare better than wider European market, with Kingspan’s 7% rise leading way

‘All over the world, centrist politics is being challenged from the left and right because the neoliberal economic model is broken’

UK stock market closed for holiday

ECB president calls for more ambitious structural reforms

Almost six years after the economic crisis began, Europe cannot afford to face into a prolonged period of stagnation

Mortgage holders get boost as European Central Bank cuts interest rates to 0.05%

Frankfurt looks set to follow peers in Britain and US in an attempt to revive inflation

Investors focus on Thursday’s ECB meeting despite warnings that crisis in Ukraine is worsening

Uncertainty over job creation raises possibility of earlier rate rise, says Yellen

Janet Yellen tells conference of ongoing difficulty despite gains made in recent years

Draghi attends for first time as ECB chief as he battles to stop Japanese-style deflation

Currency is also being driven down by expectations of further ECB rate cut next month

ECB policymakers say they’re working on package of possible measures for June 5th policy meeting

Fed talk of tapering $85bn a month in asset purchases is precisely what Brics nations have demanded for years