Eight EU states in deflation as calls grow for QE in Sweden

Sweden’s Riksbank admitted in its latest monetary report that something unexpected had gone wrong

US financial showdown with Russia is more dangerous than it looks, for both sides

The US Treasury faces a more formidable prey with Russia, the world's biggest producer of energy with a $2 trillion economy, superb scientists and a first-strike nuclear arsenal

Germany risks EU fines with record current account surplus

Wise Men say country's external surplus will keep rising to a modern-era high of 7.9pc of GDP this year, far above the 6pc limit set by Brussels

Top economists warn Germany that EMU crisis as dangerous as ever

Council on Foreign Relations compares Germany's hardline stance with US policy towards Britain at the end of the Second World War