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Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, arrives for a news conference in Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, following a meeting of the ECB governing council concerning further strategies to deal with the European financial crisis. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

European Central Bank unveils aggressive bond plan to save euro

By David McHugh - Associated Press

Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, addresses the media in Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday after a meeting of the ECB governing council concerning the further strategies in the European financial crisis. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Much ado about monetary policy

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

**FILE** President of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi reports May 31, 2012, to the Economic Committee, in capacity as the head of the European Systemic Risk Board, at the European Parliament in Brussels. (Associated Press)

ECB’s Draghi: Bank may intervene on bonds

Associated Press

A motorist who got out of her car argues with a demonstrator as civil servants blocked traffic during a protest against government cuts in Madrid on Monday. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has been introducing successive rounds of austerity measures aimed at preventing the country from being forced into a public finance bailout. (Associated Press)

European bank will buy bonds to ease debt crisis

By David McHugh - Associated Press

VERSACE: Fast balls getting past Fed, Europeans

By Chris Versace

**FILE** A sign marks Wall Street in New York. (Associated Press)

With no concrete action in Europe, stocks slump

By Christina Rexrode - Associated Press

** FILE ** Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony before Congress is shown on a television screen on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, July 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Fed says U.S. economy has slowed, takes no new steps

By Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press

FOSTER: Bernanke and Draghi: Bluff and bluster

By J. D. Foster

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on July 31, 2012. (Associated Press)

Stocks slip ahead of crucial Fed, ECB meetings

By Pallavi Gogoi - Associated Press

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble (left) speaks July 30, 2012, with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in the house where Schaeuble is vacationing, in Westerland on the North Sea island of Sylt, Germany. (Associated Press)

U.S., Germany stress cooperation to end euro crisis

By Frank Jordans and Geir Moulson - Associated Press

**FILE** A sign marks Wall Street in New York. (Associated Press)

Stocks drift lower on Wall Street; Shaw soars

By Matthew Craft - Associated Press

**FILE** German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) and Italian Premier Mario Monti speak July 4, 2012, at a press conference during a bilateral meeting at Villa Madama in Rome. (Associated Press)

Eurogroup chair sees decisions soon in debt crisis

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

Traders gather July 26, 2012, at a post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during the IPO of Northern Tier Energy. U.S. stocks soared at the opening bell after the president of the European Central Bank vowed to do what it takes to preserve the continent's monetary union. (Associated Press)

Stocks soar after ECB vows to protect the euro

By Pallavi Gogoi - Associated Press

A euro sculpture stands in front of the European Central Bank (right) in Frankfurt, Germany. (Associated Press)

European Central Bank cuts key interest rate to new low

By David McHugh - Associated Press

Economy Briefs: Retailers to sweat out summer after weak June

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Illustration IOU EU by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

SZAPARY: Europe’s master plan

By Gyorgy Szapary - The Washington Times

Illustration: Federal Reserve by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

RAHN: Wrong tools for the job

By Richard W. Rahn - The Washington Times

Illustration: IMF bailout by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

GHEI: Europe in denial

By Nita Ghei - The Washington Times

De Angelis Rome Italy

GOKHALE: Beginning of the end for the euro?

By Jagadeesh Gokhale

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, in his capacity as head of the European Systemic Risk Board, reports to the European Parliament's Economic Committee in Brussels on Thursday, May 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

Euro setup is unsustainable, ECB chief warns

By David McHugh - Associated Press