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Summit set to show how far the EU is from seizing the ‘global euro moment’

Europe’s leaders are getting excited by the idea that Donald Trump’s erratic policymaking is going to hasten the end of U.S. dominance of the world’s financial system, but their meeting on Thursday

24/06/2025

by LP Staff Writers

UK inflation slowed less than expected in May

Consumer price inflation in the U.K. slowed only slightly in May, all but ensuring that the Bank of England won’t cut interest rates at its policy meeting on Thursday. The Office for National Statistics said the consumer price index rose

18/06/2025

by LP Staff Writers

Putin warns his officials not to allow recession

Russian President Vladimir Putin cautioned his officials to make sure their efforts to cool down an

Seven reality checks on Britain’s sunshine spending review

LONDON — For a politician who spent the last year warning of a “black hole” in

UK economy grew more than expected in Q2

The U.K. economy held up better than feared in the second quarter of the year as U.S. President Donald Trump unleashed his trade war on the world. Gross domestic product rose by

14/08/2025

Central Banker·construction·Development·Exports·Financial Services UK·Growth·Imports·Inflation·Interest rates·Investment·Tariffs·Tax·Trade·Trade UK·Trade war·War

Germany’s nightmare becomes reality as EU acquires taste for debt

BRUSSELS — Should the European Union borrow money as if it were a single country? It’s a question that bitterly divides EU capitals, and this month the European Commission took a clear

13/08/2025

Bank of England cuts rates to stop UK slowdown turning into a slump

The Bank of England cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point to 4 percent, as fears of a U.K. economic slowdown outweighed concerns about lingering inflation. Growth has gone into reverse

07/08/2025

Banks·Central Banker·Companies·Financial Services·Financial Services UK·Growth·Inflation·Insurance·Interest rates·Monetary Policy·Services·Tax·Trade·Trade war·Unemployment

UK car finance scandal: 5 big unanswered questions

LONDON — U.K. banks overwhelmingly welcomed a surprise Supreme Court ruling Friday which (mostly) ruled in their favor over allegations they mis-sold motor finance to unsuspecting Brits. It slashed a redress bill

04/08/2025

Banking·Banks·Budget·Cars·Courts·Finance·Financial Services·Financial Services UK·Growth·Industry·Insurance·Interest rates·Markets·Payments·Regulatory·Rights·Services

Germany’s budget woes set to return, finance minister warns

BERLIN — A looming €30 billion hole in the Germany’s federal budget for 2027 will pose a major challenge to the coalition government led by Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil

30/07/2025

Austerity·Budget·Central Banker·Debt·Defense·Elections·Finance·Financial Services·Growth·Infrastructure·Interest rates·Payments·Pensions·Policy·Politics

Eurozone ekes out growth despite trade war

The eurozone economy edged higher in the second quarter of the year despite uncertainty created by the U.S.’s April 2 tariff package. Gross domestic product (GDP) in the currency area grew by

30/07/2025

Central Banker·Currency·Economic performance·Eurozone·Interest rates·Manufacturing·Policy·Tariffs·Trade·Trade war·War

European countries to borrow billions from EU to rearm Ukraine

BRUSSELS — Ukraine’s top allies in Europe are set to ask for tens of billions of euros in European Union loans to jointly buy weapons for the war-battered country, as well as to boost

29/07/2025

Debt·Defense·Defense budgets·EU-US military ties·Financial Services·Interest rates·Military·Procurement·War·War in Ukraine·Weapons

BoE faces dilemma as job market weakens

The Bank of England faces a dilemma at its meeting next month: inflation is accelerating again but the labor market is showing increasingly clear signs that the economy needs support. New data

17/07/2025

Central Banker·Employment·Financial Services UK·Growth·Inflation·Interest rates·Labor·Markets·Unemployment

Two visions of European finance clash at elite Italian banking gathering

MILAN — On a Friday morning under the boiling Lombard sun, the old men of Italian banking descended on the country’s financial capital to bask in their industry’s astonishing recent run of

‘He likes the game too much’: Why Trump isn’t sweating his lack of trade deals

The White House has little to show as President Donald Trump’s self-imposed deadline to reach trade deals with dozens of countries arrives in four days. Trump bragged he would rapidly secure dozens

05/07/2025

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Interest rates - Page 2

Summit set to show how far the EU is from seizing the ‘global euro moment’

UK inflation slowed less than expected in May

Putin warns his officials not to allow recession

Seven reality checks on Britain’s sunshine spending review

UK economy grew more than expected in Q2

Germany’s nightmare becomes reality as EU acquires taste for debt

Bank of England cuts rates to stop UK slowdown turning into a slump

UK car finance scandal: 5 big unanswered questions

Germany’s budget woes set to return, finance minister warns

Eurozone ekes out growth despite trade war

European countries to borrow billions from EU to rearm Ukraine

BoE faces dilemma as job market weakens

Two visions of European finance clash at elite Italian banking gathering

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