Europe Intelligence Brief for Friday: while the rate-setters dominated the headlines, the deeper European crisis surfaced in the factories, as German industrial employment hit a low, carmakers kept cutting, and leaders met in Brussels to confront a competitiveness alarm the plants were already living.

Europe Intelligence Brief for Tuesday: with leaders still at the G7, Spain shed jobs at twice the EU rate even as it led on growth, and Britain's unemployment hit a decade high…

Europe Intelligence Brief for Wednesday: Britain's inflation cooled below forecast on the eve of its rate decision, the first hopeful sign after weeks of squeeze, yet Sweden…

Europe Intelligence Brief for Thursday: a day after Britain's inflation cooled, its divided central bank debated a rise rather than a cut while Norway's hawkish bank kept…

Europe Intelligence Brief for Friday: while the rate-setters dominated the headlines, the deeper European crisis surfaced in the factories, as German industrial employment hit a…