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Italy sees 2025 deficit at around 3% of GDP, in line with EU rules

By Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) -Italy sees this year's budget deficit at around 3% of national out...

29th September, 2025

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Russian defence spending set to fall slightly in 2026, draft budget shows

By Darya Korsunskaya LONDON (Reuters) -Russia's state spending on national defence is set to fall sl...

29th September, 2025

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Populist Czech vote frontrunner Babis's lavish spending plans could jolt budget

By Jason Hovet PRAGUE (Reuters) -Czech billionaire Andrej Babis's ANO party, the favourite in an Oct...

29th September, 2025

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UK's Reeves warns colleagues: spending cannot get out of control

LIVERPOOL (Reuters) -British finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Monday that she would never squa...

29th September, 2025

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Analysis-Italy reaps tax windfall thanks to inflation, job growth

By Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) -Italy's tax take is rising faster than expected thanks to job grow...

29th September, 2025

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Spain expects Mercosur agreement to be ratified by the end of the year

MADRID (Reuters) -Spain expects the agreement with the South American trading bloc Mercosur to be ra...

29th September, 2025

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Morning Bid: Who needs a government anyway?

(Reuters) -A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. Treasury yields a...

29th September, 2025

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Spain gets triple credit boost as Moody's, Fitch join S&P in upgrades

(Reuters) -Spain received a double boost from global ratings agencies Moody's and Fitch on Friday, j...

27th September, 2025

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Finance

New French PM rules out wealth tax, aims to cut budget deficit to 4.7% in 2026

PARIS (Reuters) -New French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Friday that he aims to cut Fran...

26th September, 2025

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EU funds bolster Poland's economy, as export market weighs, central bank says

WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland's economic output has been bolstered by investment from European Union fund...

26th September, 2025

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Poland to cut EU Recovery plan loans by $5.9 billion, minister says

WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland will cut the amount of money it takes in cheap loans from the European Unio...

26th September, 2025

Image for Italy business sentiment stable in September, consumer morale rises
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Italy business sentiment stable in September, consumer morale rises

ROME (Reuters) -Italian businesses sentiment was broadly stable for a fourth month running in Septem...

26th September, 2025