ECB keeps rates unchanged but cuts inflation, growth forecasts

FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank left its key deposit rate at a record high of…

EU cuts forecasts for eurozone growth ― for the third time

Slower growth comes on the back of households counting the pennies as they are confronted with…

Christine Lagarde makes a poor central banker, ECB staff say 

Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. FRANKFURT — On the global…

German economy contracted in 2023

FRANKFURT – The German economy likely contracted in the final quarter of last year, the German statistics office said on…

EU spending rules talks on verge of missing end-of-year deadline

Last ditch talks between the EU’s finance ministers planned for Wednesday on an overhaul of the…

How Donald Tusk can get around Poland’s president

Mujtaba Rahman is the head of Eurasia Group’s Europe practice. He tweets at @Mij_Europe. Heading up…

EU gives France an ‘F’ grade on spending plans

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ECB presses pause after record tightening

The European Central Bank left its interest rates unchanged for the first time in 15 months,…

ECB set to take its foot off the brake in Athens

FRANKFURT — The European Central Bank is set to end a year-long sequence of interest rates…

ECB lifts interest rates to record high, even as it slashes growth outlook

FRANKFURT — The European Central Bank raised its key deposit rate to an all-time high, but signaled…