China explores bond buying in first hint of QE

Officials have been clamping down on credit to puncture the property bubble but are clearly having second thoughts as money supply weakens and bad debts accumulate

Iraq’s civil war threatens structure of global energy supply for years

Brent crude jumped above $113 a barrel as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant raced towards Baghdad

Japan to keep printing money for years to come, so learn to enjoy it

The Bank of Japan will have to mop up the entire issuance of public debt for years to come, covering the budget deficit with printed money

The nagging fear that QE itself may be causing deflation

The European Central Bank looks poised to cut the discount rate below zero on Thursday, becoming the first of the monetary superpowers to venture into these uncharted waters

Mario Draghi takes historic gamble with negative rates but still stops short of QE

ECB's revolutionary move aims to force banks to pay a charge if they continue to park money for safe-keeping in Frankfurt

Russia's gas king taunts crumbling Europe over China pipeline coup

Gazprom's chairman has describing Europe's energy shortage as "scary" and ridiculed the EU's push for wind and solar power as a shambles

Europe at risk of blackouts, warns IEA

International Energy Agency warns that the EU will lose a quarter of its electricity over the next decade as old power stations are shut down