TAG: Markets

Stagnant eurozone just avoids recession

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

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

A quiet revolution rocks central banking 

There’s a quiet revolution happening at the heart of central banking. On the surface, the inconspicu...

8 months ago

Expensive fuel and million dollar missiles: Counting the cost of the Red Sea crisis

The combat reports from Western navies operating in the Red Sea in recent days read like missives fr...

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

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

Frustrated farmers slam EU ‘technocrats’ who ‘call the shots’ in Brussels protest

BRUSSELS — Benoît Laqueue was one of 100 disgruntled French farmers on a bus headed for the European...

8 months ago

Russia fuel export terminal halts operations after suspected Kyiv drone attack

A huge Russian fuel export terminal near St. Petersburg was forced to suspend operations on Sunday a...

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

The Gaza war is escalating. How bad will the Middle East crisis get?

On October 7, Hamas fighters launched a bloody attack against Israel, using paragliders, speedboats...

8 months ago

How the far right aims to ride farmers’ outrage to power in Europe

BRUSSELS — If the far right ever seizes power across Europe, it may well ride in on the back of a tr...

8 months ago

Europe’s new energy risk: Trading Russia for America

On cloudy days, from his house John Beard can see the fireballs lighting up the dark sky, flares from the distant fossil fuel plants where he once made his living as a technician.The fiery discharge of excess gas is a constant reminder of the industry tha...

6 months ago

Labour will back ‘boiler tax,’ says Miliband

LONDON — The Labour Party will introduce a controversial “boiler tax” if it gets into power at the next election, the shadow energy secretary said on Tuesday.Ed Miliband, speaking at an event in London, said that Labour would “support the Clean Heat Marke...

6 months ago