On 2 May, members of the euro helped complete a large bailout for Greece. They did so to avoid a rolling crisis moving the problems on from Greece to other Euroland countries.
Many investment advisers tell their clients lending to governments is one of the safest things you can do.
Following the Conservative Party conference, Glendevon King's Peter Baum analyses how the Chancellor's strategy for reducing the budget deficit will work
George Osborne's austerity budget will cause 1.3m job losses over the next five years according to Treasury figures.
It is not surprising with the national debt at around £156bn the new coalition Government has focused on deficit reduction ahead of encouraging further long-term savings in its first few weeks in office.