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Eurozone inflation heats up faster than expected (opens the original)
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A faster-than-expected inflation jump across the eurozone’s biggest economies raises the odds that the European Central Bank will hike interest rates again this year to bring price growth down to target. The move would add to economic headwinds and sovereign borrowing costs at a time when governments are already grappling with the highest yields since the 2012 sovereign debt crisis. Wednesday’s preliminary data showed inflation in Germany jumped to 3.3% in September, from 2.9% in August. In Fran
Rare good news for Merz as Germany’s growth outlook jumps (opens the original)
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FRANKFURT ― Germany’s leading economic institutes have significantly raised their growth forecasts for Europe’s largest economy, providing an unexpected bit of good news for embattled Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The institutes now expect GDP to grow 1.3% in 2026, up 0.7 percentage points from their spring forecast, and 1.1% in 2027, up 0.2 points. Growth is forecast to slow to 0.4% in 2028 due partly to demographic challenges.The immediate numbers provide some short-term relief for Merz, who has
Paris and Berlin should butt out of ECB chief economist race, say former role-holders (opens the original)
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Former chief economists of the European Central Bank have issued a strong rebuke to Paris and Berlin as the capitals try to secure the bank’s chief economist job — warning it is harmful to the institution and may not even bring them the influence they hope for. The race to replace ECB President Christine Lagarde — who looks increasingly likely to leave before her term ends next October — has fast become a contest not over who will take on the presidency, but the coveted chief economist position.
Lagarde rejects far-left Mélenchon’s debt-cancellation plan (opens the original)
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European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde today dismissed French far-left presidential contender Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s proposal to wipe out government debt, describing it as illegal and dangerous. Lagarde, who spoke at a press conference after the central bank raised its key deposit rate to 2.5 percent, was responding to Mélenchon’s radical idea to freeze all French debt held by the ECB. “It's not because you repeat something that doesn't make any sense, either legally, technically, or fi
Lagarde brushes off exit gossip as ECB raises rates (opens the original)
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European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde dismissed rumors of an imminent announcement about her early departure as she presented the central bank's decision to raise rates today. “When there is something to report about me personally, you'll be the first one to know after my grandchildren, and there is nothing to report,” Lagarde said during a press conference following the ECB's decision to raise its key deposit rate to 2.5%. Speculation about Lagarde stepping down from her role before
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