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ECB to test banks' resilience to political risk amid war, tariffs

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The European Central Bank will test banks' resilience to geopolitical risk next...

15th July, 2025

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Exclusive-Tariff threat complicates ECB's July decision but won't derail pause to rate cuts, sources say

By Francesco Canepa and Balazs Koranyi FRANKFURT (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's threatened...

14th July, 2025

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EU ready to hit US with 21-billion-euro tariff list, Italy foreign minister says

MILAN (Reuters) -The European Union has already prepared a list of tariffs worth 21 billion euros ($...

14th July, 2025

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Credit Agricole to seek ECB approval to go over 20% shareholding in Banco BPM

PARIS (Reuters) -French bank Credit Agricole said on Friday it had filed a request with the European...

11th July, 2025

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ECB should ease monetary policy if disinflationary trends intensify, Panetta says

MILAN (Reuters) -The European Central Bank should continue to loosen its monetary policy if threats...

11th July, 2025

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ECB's Schnabel sets bar 'very high' for rate cut as economy holds up

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The hurdle for another interest rate cut by the European Central Bank is "very...

11th July, 2025

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Trading with dictators, EU may be funding threats to itself, ECB says

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The European Union is increasingly trading with autocratic regimes, funding the...

8th July, 2025

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ECB's Wunsch: Inflation risk more downward than upward

BERLIN (Reuters) -The risk of inflation is pointing downwards rather than upwards, Belgium's central...

3rd July, 2025

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Euro zone services sector returned to modest growth in June, PMI shows

LONDON (Reuters) -Growth in the euro zone's dominant services industry resumed in June after a brief...

3rd July, 2025

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ECB should keep rates at 2% unless new shocks hit, IMF says

SINTRA, Portugal (Reuters) -The European Central Bank should keep its deposit rate at the current 2%...

2nd July, 2025

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ECB should consider mildly supportive stance as on low growth, inflation, Wunsch says

By Balazs Koranyi SINTRA, Portugal (Reuters) -Euro zone inflation is at risk of falling short of the...

2nd July, 2025

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Joint European defence borrowing could bolster euro's global role, ECB's Rehn says

By Balazs Koranyi SINTRA, Portugal (Reuters) -Europe should pool its defence investments since that...

2nd July, 2025