TAG: Inflation

Stagnant eurozone just avoids recession

The eurozone economy stagnated again in the final quarter of last year, extending a miserable sequen...

8 months ago

Christine Lagarde makes a poor central banker, ECB staff say 

FRANKFURT — On the global stage, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde still exudes the...

8 months ago

Eurozone inflation dips in January as investors eye early rate cut

FRANKFURT — Eurozone inflation eased as expected in January, fueling hopes for an early European Cen...

8 months ago

German economy contracted in 2023

FRANKFURT — The German economy likely contracted in the final quarter of last year, the German stati...

8 months ago

2023: The year in figures and charts

2023 was marked by crisis, transition and conflict.As the war in Ukraine dragged into its second yea...

8 months ago

Merry Christmas! Now, when is payday?

It’s the most expensive — sorry, wonderful! — time of the year, so we decided to do a thorough and i...

8 months ago

UK inflation falls sharply in November, boosting BoE rate cut hopes

Inflation in the U.K. fell to its lowest in over two years in November, fanning the flames of specul...

8 months ago

Europe to be late arrival at Federal Reserve party

The U.S. is having a party, and Europe is going to be unavoidably late to it. No fewer than four cen...

8 months ago

As Germany sneezes, Europe is catching a cold

Germany’s budget mess is threatening to make an already difficult situation worse for the rest of th...

8 months ago

ECB leaves rates unchanged, winds down crisis program early

FRANKFURT — The European Central Bank left its key discount rate unchanged at a record high of 4 per...

8 months ago

Middle East braces for chaos as Iran and West square up

Western warplanes and guided missiles roared through the skies over Yemen in the early hours of Frid...

8 months ago

Bulgarian PM hints country may miss eurozone entry date

Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov on Saturday said his country may fumble the January 1, 2025,...

8 months ago

Macron vows more liberal reforms to shake France’s economy

PARIS — Emmanuel Macron might be tacking right on social issues; on economics he's going back to his...

8 months ago

Europe needs more cash, Belgian PM says

The European Union needs more of its own money, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo told POLITI...

8 months ago