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Brussels has cut its growth forecasts further and lifted its inflation outlook as the energy crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine exacts its toll on the EU economy. Both the EU and euro area are set to expand by 2.7 per cent this year, well shy of the previous expectation of 4 per cent, […]

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European stocks recovered some of their losses on Tuesday after economic growth fears drove the steepest drop for global equities since June 2020. The regional Stoxx 600 gauge rose 0.8 per cent, having dropped 2.9 per cent on Monday. London’s FTSE 100 added 0.7 per cent, with buyout group Melrose Industries, industrial software company Aveva […]

The surging dollar has prompted some analysts and investors to forecast a new period of “reverse currency wars” as many central banks abandon a longstanding preference for weaker exchange rates. The new dynamic marks a departure from the period of low inflation that followed the 2007-09 global financial crisis, when historically low interest rates and […]

The US Federal Reserve is expected to raise its benchmark policy rate by half a percentage point for the first time since 2000 and formalize plans to shrink its $ 9tn balance sheet, as it embraces a more aggressive approach to tackling elevated inflation. At the end of its two-day policy meeting on Wednesday, analysts […]

Chinese regulators have held an emergency meeting with domestic and foreign banks to discuss how they could protect the country’s overseas assets from US-led sanctions similar to those imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, according to people familiar with the discussion. Officials are worried the same measures could be taken against Beijing in […]

Sweden’s central bank performed a dramatic U-turn on Thursday as it raised interest rates, said it would shrink its balance sheet and warned of more increases to come as it belatedly responded to surging inflation. The Riksbank reversed the stance it had adopted at its previous meeting in February, when it said it would only […]

Good morning and welcome to Europe Express. There was a quick and near-audible sigh of relief last night among European leaders as French exit polls came in, confirming Emmanuel Macron’s second term as president. The feeling of Europe dodging a seismic populist upheaval – even as Marine Le Pen scored more votes than last time […]

Sterling dropped to its weakest level since late 2020 after a sharp drop in British retail sales underlined the depths of the cost of living crisis fueled by surging inflation. The volume of retail sales in Great Britain fell 1.4 per cent, the Office for National Statistics said, worse than the 0.3 per cent drop […]