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G7 strikes provisional deal on using Russian assets for $50B Ukraine loan

But crucial details remain unsolved as diplomats fear that talks might drag on until the end of the year.

June 13, 2024 4:10 pm CET

Macron’s wager puts France’s economy in peril

The rise of the far right is sending tremors through financial markets and could push French debt deeper into the danger zone.

June 13, 2024 6:00 am CET

Nigel Farage eyes debanking revenge with plan to hit bank profits

Reform UK thinks they can raise up to £40 billion to fund tax cuts by treating banks’ QE reserves differently.

June 10, 2024 9:39 pm CET

No, you’re a banker! Sunak and Reeves’ City backgrounds weaponized in UK election

Both the prime minister and shadow chancellor were employed in the banking sector during the 2008 financial crash

June 10, 2024 7:00 am CET

The ECB has cut its key interest rate: So what?

We all knew it was coming, but what does it mean in practice?

June 6, 2024 4:55 pm CET

ECB cuts interest rates for first time since 2019

The central bank has revised up its forecasts for growth and inflation this year, casting doubt over the scope for easing policy any further.

June 6, 2024 2:34 pm CET

Governments cool on plan to use EU budget to guarantee loan for Ukraine

But idea remains under discussion ahead of G7 summit next week.

June 5, 2024 6:15 pm CET

ECB to deliver historic rate cut on Thursday

Lagarde can count the first rate cut in the absence of a financial earthquake in two decades as a major win.

June 5, 2024 2:54 pm CET

EU looks at using its own budget as guarantee for huge loan to Ukraine

European Commission fears an alternative proposal put forward by U.S. is too risky for taxpayers.

June 4, 2024 4:57 pm CET

Labour election manifesto slated for June 13

Dates and details could still move due to the frenetic nature of an election campaign.

June 4, 2024 2:53 pm CET

France hit by ratings downgrade despite spending-cuts crusade

Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said the downgrade was the price to pay for bolstering the economy with public support during the pandemic and the inflation crisis.

June 1, 2024 6:41 am CET

Malta’s central bank chief, former deputy PM, plead not guilty in sprawling corruption case

Edward Scicluna and Chris Fearne distance themselves from the scandal enveloping former PM Joseph Muscat.

May 29, 2024 8:43 pm CET
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The pound is partying as Sunak’s election gambit dashes June rate cut hopes

Sterling is at its highest level since Britain voted to leave the EU in 2016.

May 29, 2024 6:14 pm CET

A (not so) brief ‘criminal’ history of the ECB?

From political witch-hunts and nobbling bank mergers to hacking Covid regulations, the ECB’s brushes with the law are varied and plentiful.

May 28, 2024 5:07 pm CET

Malta’s ex-PM Joseph Muscat pleads not guilty in corruption case

Former prime minister was greeted by a cheering crowd as he entered court.

May 28, 2024 3:01 pm CET

Macron tells Germans: Let’s double the EU budget

French president said the spending splurge could be funded either by common borrowing or by using existing instruments.

May 27, 2024 9:30 pm CET

‘Dire’ Ukraine situation has Denmark mulling mega shift on EU defense bonds

In addition to military situation, Foreign Minister Rasmussen says no guarantee recent U.S. package for Kyiv won’t be the last.

May 27, 2024 7:03 pm CET

Europe still unsure over US plan on Russian assets to pay for Ukraine

Governments fear they will be on the hook for Washington’s proposal to hand Kyiv a loan of as much as $50 billion.

May 25, 2024 12:07 pm CET

Close Macron ally says Paris wants top EU job for Draghi

Pascal Canfin says “everyone in presidential ecosystem” wants the former Italian prime minister at the top table in Brussels.

May 23, 2024 9:34 pm CET

A $50B US-EU deal for Ukraine is in sight

G7 nations are coalescing around a plan to use frozen Russian assets to secure an enormous loan.

May 23, 2024 8:14 pm CET

UK inflation closes in on target rate

Prices of goods and services in Britain rose by 2.3 percent in April compared with the year before.

May 22, 2024 8:17 am CET

Britain’s fast-improving economy won’t save the Tories

Inflation’s slowing, growth’s returning ? but it’s not the economy any more, stupid, for struggling UK Conservatives.

May 21, 2024 9:54 pm CET

IMF warns Tories against further UK tax cuts

Amid a higher debt burden, U.K. should not be considering pre-election tax cuts, forecaster says.

May 21, 2024 12:15 pm CET

Davos vs. Davos: Local council cracks down on World Economic Forum hangers-on

Proposed changes to local rules will restrict who can rent out buildings during the annual shindig, in a bid to improve traffic and lighten the load on the town.

May 20, 2024 3:23 pm CET
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