A round-up of the key stories across the specialist financial media, including news that Italy and Spain have had successful bond auctions at reduced yields.
Yields fall sharply at Spanish, Italian debt sales
Spanish and Italian bonds were auctioned today at significantly reduced yields in an encouraging sign for 2012.
The ECB has left its main interest rate unchanged at 1% as it awaits results of measures taken late last year to increase funds in the Eurozone banking system.
