A round-up of the key stories across the specialist financial media, including how uncertainty about the EU summit is affecting the euro
Uncertainty over EU summit outcome hits euro
The euro fell on Wednesday and European stocks trimmed gains after a German government official dented hopes that Friday's crunch EU summit will generate a comprehensive deal to resolve the euro zone's debt crisis.
The US receives its highest rating from international investors in more than two years on new optimism that the world’s largest economy will weather the financial crisis in Europe and avoid a recession in 2012, according to a Bloomberg poll.
The renminbi has fallen to the bottom of its official trading band for six straight days against the dollar, an unprecedented indication of the Chinese currency’s potential weakness as the economy slows.
