Global shares in Fed tailspin (1:47)

May.23 - Concern the U.S. Federal Reserve's may scale back its monetary stimulus and weak Chinese factory data trigger a sharp selloff in world share markets and sends assets perceived by investors as safe haven, like the Japanese yen and German bonds, higher. Ciara Sutton reports

Breakingviews: Markets too sanguine on QE threat (5:21)

May 22 - The bursting of the gold bubble is just a harbinger of how vulnerable markets are to a tapering of quantitative easing, says Breakingviews. Other asset classes are also at risk.

Europe Day Ahead: Euro zone seen improving...but not by much (2:10)

May 22 - Euro zone flash PMIs to show slight improvement, ECB president Mario Draghi speaks in London and Spain sells debt