Purchases form part of ongoing stimulus programme

European Central Bank is widely tipped to hold interest rates as ‘ECB bashing’ in focus

Barack Obama planning to intervene in debate during visit to London this week

Callscomes in the aftermath of the Panama leaks that laid bare the inner workings of offshore tax havens

Former finance minister analyses crisis in book: ‘And the Weak Suffer what They Must?’

WikiLeaks released transcript of a conference call of senior IMF officials discussing tactics to apply pressure on Greece, Germany and the EU to reach a deal in April

The economy might be slowly recovering but we remain ever-vulnerable to external shocks, from Brexit and a Chinese slump to rises in oil prices and interest rates

German Chancellor under increased pressure as rift widens within government

Finance ministers and central bankers want better co-ordination on dealing with turmoil

Sterling gains slightly against euro and dollar

Brexit and Schengen worries combine to darken mood at annual shindig

French finance minister criticises German counterpart for suggesting temporary Grexit

Schaeuble says he and Merkel ‘have one constant: we ... can rely on one another’

German finance minister says a Greek exit to restructure its debts must be considered

Leader of left faction in party says Brussels agreement should be rejected

#ThisIsACoup hashtag trends as Twitter users balk at demands on Greece

Yanis Varoufakis says there is too much at stake for Europe to cast Greece adrift

Creditors demand changes to Alexis Tsipras’s tax and reform proposals

Hopes high for agreement but differences remain over tax rises and benefit cuts

Euro-area finance ministers meet Monday to discuss Greek deal; Asian stocks gain after China’s central bank cut interest rates again