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ECB Predicts Wage Growth Will Slow Sharply at End of This Year - Bloomberg News
The European Central Bank's main gauge of future pay growth continued to indicate a sharp slowdown in 2025, underpinning expectations for a...
Reuters
ECB's Lagarde: U.S. tariffs could have a disinflationary impact in Europe | Reuters
European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde addresses the media after the ECB's Governing Council meeting, at the ECB headquarters in...
Reuters
ECB's Knot sees inflation falling faster in near term | Reuters
... a hit from the United States' tariffs announcement, European Central Bank policymaker Klaas Knot said on Wednesday.
Bloomberg.com
ECB Rates May Have to Fall Below Neutral on Trade, Muller Says - Bloomberg
The European Central Bank may have to lower interest rates to levels that stimulate the economy if trade uncertainty proves more damaging for...
CNBC
ECB should only cut rates once more this year, IMF Europe head says - CNBC
The European Central Bank should only enact one more quarter percentage point interest rate cut this year despite wider risks to economic growth,...
Reuters
ECB close to hitting inflation target, Kazimir says | Reuters
The European Central Bank could hit its 2% inflation target in the coming few months but the broader economic outlook is far too uncertain for the...
CNBC
Europe markets close higher; ECB's Lagarde says euro zone disinflation 'nearing completion'
European markets climbed into the green on Tuesday, shaking off earlier losses as European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde told CNBC the...
Reuters
ECB survey sees inflation stabilising at 2% - Reuters
Euro zone inflation could be a touch higher this year than earlier thought but will then stabilise at the European Central Bank's 2% target,...
Reuters
Europe can ride LNG wave to build strategic gas reserves: Bousso | Reuters
European governments may have a rare window of opportunity to build up strategic gas stockpiles in the coming years to help manage supply shocks...
The Guardian
There is a way to turn Trump's chaos into an opportunity. Here is what European leaders must do
The jury is still out on prospects of a negotiated settlement, but the EU must work in the medium term to make its economy less reliant on exports to...
Reuters
German government forecasts economic stagnation in 2025, Handelsblatt reports | Reuters
Uncertainty about how Europe's largest economy will develop in light of the tariffs served as the groundwork for the new forecast, Handelsblatt cited...
Euronews.com
EU employment reaches highest level since 2005 at the end of last year | Euronews
Among Europe's five largest economies, Germany recorded the highest employment rate at 77.6%, followed by the UK at 75%. France's employment rate...
CNBC
Novo Nordisk shares fall 7% after Eli Lilly obesity drug trial results; European markets move lower
European markets returned from the long Easter weekend on a negative note, amid continuing jitters around the U.S. economy and global trade. The...
Bloomberg.com
ECB's Muller Warns Tariffs, German Spending May Boost Inflation - Bloomberg.com
European Central Bank Governing Council member Madis Muller warned that US trade tariffs and higher public spending in Germany could stoke...
European Central Bank Governing Council member Martins Kazaks said that tariffs announced by the US were stoking uncertainty and raising the risk...
Bloomberg.com
A Third of German Firms Plan Job Cuts in 2025, Think Tank Says - Bloomberg.com
Pessimism about the prospects for Germany's economy is pushing one in three companies to consider job cuts this year, according to the German...
Euronews.com
Labour costs across Europe: Where are they highest and lowest? | Euronews
In 2024, the hourly labour cost ranged from €10.6 in Bulgaria to €55.2 in Luxembourg among the EU countries according to Eurostat. The average...
DW
Merz: My goal is to make Germany 'economically stronger' - DW
Presumptive next Chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed to modernize Europe's largest economy. He also said Germany would play a bigger role in the world...
Reuters
Italy clears UniCredit's bid for Banco BPM with prescriptions | Reuters
UniCredit's presence in Russia is a bone of contention also with the European Central Bank, which last year ordered the Italian lender to hasten its...
Bloomberg.com
Charting the Global Economy: ECB Cuts Rates While Canada Holds - Bloomberg.com
The European Central Bank and Bank of Canada opted for different policy responses to an escalating trade war, while both acknowledged growing...
DW
How Trump's trade war upends Germany's economic model – DW – 04/16/2025
With Germany in political limbo for a while longer, the EU is devoid of a strong voice from Europe's biggest economy. Fortunately, the European...
Euronews.com
ECB cuts rates again as Trump tariffs weigh on economic outlook | Euronews
The European Central Bank cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point to 2.25% on Thursday as threats to growth outweigh inflationary...
Reuters
ECB cuts rates on weak growth, markets bet on more easing - Reuters
The European Central Bank cut interest rates for the seventh time in a year on Thursday and warned that economic growth will take a big hit from...
The Guardian
ECB cuts rates for third time this year as Europe braces for Trump tariffs - The Guardian
... European Central Bank, in Frankfurt, Germany. The ECB in Frankfurt, Germany. Financial markets expect central banks in all major economies to cut...
CNBC
European Central Bank interest rate decision, April 2025 - CNBC
European Central Bank cuts interest rates, warns of 'deteriorated' growth outlook on trade tensions · ECB appears open to further interest rate cuts,...
CNBC
Europe stocks pare losses following European Central Bank interest rate cut - CNBC
European stock markets pared losses to close nearly flat on Thursday following the European Central Bank's decision to cut interest rates.
Reuters
VIEW ECB cuts rates again to buffer economy from U.S. tariff hit | Reuters
The European Central Bank cut interest rates for the seventh time in a year on Thursday, looking to prop up an already struggling euro zone...
DW
ECB cuts interest rates by quarter as tariff turmoil looms – DW – 04/17/2025
The European Central Bank's rate-setting council on Thursday cut the institution's benchmark rate a quarter-point to 2.25% amid continued worries...
CNBC
Tariffs clear the way for European Central Bank interest rate cut - CNBC
The European Central Bank is widely expected to trim interest rates for the third time this year on Thursday.
Reuters
ECB to cut rates again to help economy overcome trade turmoil - Reuters
The European Central Bank is expected to cut interest rates for the seventh time in a year on Thursday, looking to prop up an already struggling...