Topic: European Debt

European Central Bank Loans $645 Billion to Stave off Euro Debt Crisis

Reuters

The European Central Bank first action to stave off the European Debt Crisis is one for the records, as the Frankfurt-based bank promised to lend €489 billion ($645 billion), the most ever in a single operation and more than economists had predicted.

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