Politics

ECB Considering Bond Yields Cap

Report comes at the beginning of a week of European negotiations on the euro-crisis.

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Europe's leaders plan a week of intensive shuttle diplomacy to help defuse the continent's debt crisis, as Der Spiegel magazine reported that the European Central Bank is considering a plan to put a cap on bond yields.

As the debt crisis continues to threaten the global economy, French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet in Berlin on Aug. 23. Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras travels to the German capital the next day before going on to Paris on Aug. 25.