PARIS, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Despite rising risks of recession, the European Central Bank refuses to cut interest rates as long as inflation risks becoming invasive, and European governments say they have no money to help the economy through hard times.

VIENNA, Sept 8 (Reuters) - There is no need for OPEC to cut output when it meets on Tuesday, Indonesia's OPEC governor Maizar Rahman told Reuters by telephone on Monday.

LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - British bank Lloyds TSB is under no pressure to make acquisitions, Tim Tookey, acting finance director, said.

LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - British gilts fell on Monday, following the U.S. government bail-out of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

ROME, Sept 8 (Reuters) - The Italian Treasury said on Monday it would offer 4.5 billions of fixed-rate bonds (BTPs) at its regular mid-month auction.

- The currency market will focus on a slew of data out of China this week, including consumer prices and trade numbers, UBS writes in a note. The firm says China's inflation, though off the peak, is likely to remain elevated, with the market...

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Sept 8 (Reuters) - * Gold finishes at $808.90/809.80 a troy ounce by 1515

Crude oil prices continue to trade virtually in tandem with the Euro and US dollar, while the highly risk sentiment-sensitive Japanese Yen has closely followed movements in the US Dow Jones Industrials Average. Given strong cross-market...

NEW YORK, Sept 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar slipped to session lows against the yen on Monday, as equities trimmed earlier gains and benchmark Treasury bond yields slipped.