The real problem lies in the economic outlook. Expectations of low growth and persistently weak sentiment are bigger hurdles to investment than financing. While deeper capital markets do appear to be ...

"There is a new idea which I like: a rearmament bank," said Radosław Sikorski, Poland's minister of foreign affairs. View on ...

The green revolution, where Europe has a head start, is gaining followers around the world. But if companies are keen to splash the cash, they have a funny way of showing it. Their investment rate has ...

The Czech National Bank plans to invest 5% of its reserves in Bitcoin, sparking debate across Europe. Could this €7B move ...

French factory production unexpectedly dropped at the end of the year, contributing to a backsliding in the eurozone's second-largest economy, with few signs of a rapid rebound at the start of 2025.

As of its last set of forecasts made in December, the ECB expects inflation to cool throughout 2025, as energy price effects on inflation fade. But high services inflation--which came in at 3.9% in ...

The European Central Bank cut rates on Thursday, the Bank of Canada on Wednesday, and the Bank of England is likely to do so next week.

Despite Bitcoin’s growing adoption, ECB President Christine Lagarde signaled Thursday that member states are unlikely to ...

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde slapped down on Thursday a suggestion by her Czech colleague Ales Michl to ...

The ECB’s governing council lowered its benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point to 2.75% at a meeting at its skyscraper ...

The European Central Bank’s reduction, the fifth consecutive cut since last summer, came a day after the U.S. Federal Reserve ...

Following is the text of European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde's statement after the bank's policy meeting on Thursday: ...