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Euro zone economic sentiment weaker than expected, continuing steady decline
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Inflation in Europe hits record 8.9%, but economy grows
FILE - Euro banknotes lie on a table in Munich, Germany, on March 30, 2022. Annual inflation in the eurozone’s 19 countries rose to 8.9% in July, from 8.6% in June, according to the latest numbers published Friday by the European Union statistics agency. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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Euro zone business growth slowed in May but still resilient: PMI
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Euro zone first-quarter GDP growth rate revised upward to end-2021 pace
FILE PHOTO: A shopper pays with a euro bank note in a market in Nice, France, April 3, 2019. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
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Eurozone investor morale plunges in March after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
People clear debris at a damaged residential building at Koshytsa Street, a suburb of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, where a military shell allegedly hit, on February 25, 2022. - Russian forces reached the outskirts of Kyiv on Friday as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the invading troops were targeting civilians and explosions could be heard in the besieged capital. Pre-dawn blasts in Kyiv set off a second day of violence after Russian President Vladimir Putin defied Western warnings to unleash a full-scale ground invasion and air assault on Thursday that quickly claimed dozens of lives and displaced at least 100,000 people. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ready for a central bank bonanza? World market themes for the week ahead
Traders Michael Urkonis, left, John Santiago, centre, and Thomas Ferrigno work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Dec. 9.
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Companies rush to exploit fizzing bond markets
FILE - American flags hang outside of the New York Stock Exchange, in this Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, file photo. The White House believes it has an ally in the bond markets to make the case that inflation isn't an economic threat. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
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European shares come in from the cold
FILE PHOTO: The logo of the European Central Bank (ECB) is pictured outside its headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, April 26, 2018. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach//File Photo
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Euro zone economy still on crutches of monetary and fiscal stimulus, ECB’s Lagarde says
FILE PHOTO: European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium February 8, 2021. Olivier Matthys/Pool via REUTERS//File Photo
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ECB’s Lagarde says pandemic still presents growth risks in short term, but overall outlook ‘more balanced’
FILE PHOTO: European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde addresses European lawmakers during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium February 8, 2021. Olivier Matthys/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Euro zone business activity expands in March, powered by manufacturing
FILE- In this Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020 file photo, robots work on an electric car ID.3 body at the assembly line during a press tour at the plant of the German manufacturer Volkswagen AG (VW) in Zwickau, Germany. Volkswagen plans six large battery factories in Europe by 2030 so it sell more electric cars while driving down battery prices and making electric mobility more affordable, an effort that would reduce dependence on Asian suppliers and help the company compete with newcomer Tesla. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, file)
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ECB’s Knot says strong rebound could allow bank to start winding down bond purchases in third quarter
FILE PHOTO: ECB board member Klaas Knot appears at a Dutch parliamentary hearing in The Hague, Netherlands September 23, 2019 REUTERS/Eva Plevier
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Euro zone unemployment unchanged at 8.3% in February
ATHENS, GREECE - JULY 08: A shipyard worker works on the hull of a new ship being built in a Perama shipyard on July 8, 2015 in Athens, Greece. The town of Perama on the outiskirts of Piraeus has been building ships for centuries but has suffered immensely during the recent economic slowdown with the local area suffering 90% unemployment. Eurozone leaders have offered the greek government one more chance to propose a viable solution and rescue of it's debt or face the possibilty a likely exit from the euro. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
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Euro zone economic sentiment surges in March, led by Germany
People stand distanced in line as they wait to enter a fashion store at a shopping mall in Berlin on March 25, 2021, amid the novel coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic. - Europe's biggest economy had begun easing restrictions, first reopening schools in late February, before allowing some shops to resume business in March. Germany was widely praised for its handling of the first wave of the pandemic, but has struggled to contain new infections since they began spiralling out of control in a second wave late last year. (Photo by STEFANIE LOOS / AFP) (Photo by STEFANIE LOOS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Inflation bogeyman unsettles markets
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Euro zone industrial output far exceeds expectations in January
Staff wear protective masks at the Volkswagen assembly line in Wolfsburg, Germany, April 27, 2020. Swen Pfoertner/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Euro zone economy contracted more than estimated in fourth quarter
A goup of you people walk past a closed pub in Berlin on March 4, 2021, during the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. - After more than nine hours of talks, the German government and Germany's 16 regional leaders unveiled a step-by-step plan to relax restrictions after months of shutdowns, despite concern over the spread of new and more aggressive virus variants. (Photo by Tobias Schwarz / AFP) (Photo by TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP via Getty Images)
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Euro zone in double-dip recession, but vaccines driving optimism to three-year high, PMI data show
FILE PHOTO: Staff wear protective masks at the Volkswagen assembly line in Wolfsburg, Germany, April 27, 2020. Swen Pfoertner/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Euro zone fourth-quarter GDP falls less than earlier estimated
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Euro zone manufacturing growth remains resilient in January
Workers wear protective masks at the Volkswagen assembly line in Wolfsburg, Germany, April 27, 2020. Swen Pfoertner/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Italian prime minister to resign, triggering a political crisis during a pandemic and a recession
(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 14, 2020, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte wearing a face mask attends a handover ceremony of the piece of art attributed to street artist Banksy, that was stolen at the Bataclan in Paris in 2019, and found in Italy, at the French embassy in Rome. - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will resign January 26, 2021, his office said on January 25, 2021, in what media reports said was a move to secure a mandate for a new government after weeks of turmoil. A statement from Conte's office said he had called a cabinet meeting for 9:00am (0800 GMT) "during which the prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, will inform the ministers of his desire to go to the Quirinale (President Sergio Mattarella's office) to resign". (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP) (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Euro zone economy shrinks more in December than previously thought, but optimism rose for vaccine-led recovery
Two women wearing protective face masks speak outside a closed department store with online shopping ads in the shop windows on the Kurfuerstendamm boulevard in Berlin on January 5, 2021 amid the ongoing novel coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic. - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and state leaders are expected Tuesday, January 5, 2021 to extend a partial lockdown in Europe's top economy as coronavirus deaths continue to mount despite tough restrictions in the run-up to the holidays. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP) (Photo by ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Euro zone economy exceeding expectations in December but still contracting slightly
People queue outside an apparel store at Berlin's Alexanderplatz shopping district on December 15, 2020, on the last day of shopping before a partial lockdown to curb the spread of the ongoing novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. - Germany will go into a partial lockdown from December 16 with non-essential shops and schools to close, as Europe's biggest economy battles to halt an "exponential growth" in coronavirus infections. The new curbs will apply until January 10, 2021, with companies also urged to allow employees to work from home or offer extended company holidays, under the new measures agreed by Chancellor Merkel with regional leaders of Germany's 16 states on December 13. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)
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ECB eases policy again to help push euro zone economy through second wave of COVID-19
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 12, 2020 the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) are pictured in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. - The European Central Bank is expected on December 10, 2020 to unleash more stimulus to help shore up a eurozone economy devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, analysts said, in a move eagerly awaited by financial markets. The Frankfurt institution already has a 1.35-trillion-euro ($1.6-trillion) emergency bond-buying programme in place, but ECB chief Christine Lagarde all but promised in October that extra support was on the way. (Photo by Daniel ROLAND / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL ROLAND/AFP via Getty Images)
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Euro zone business activity shrinks in November, but vaccine progress boosts hopes for a recovery
Shuttered stores and boutiques along the Rue Jean Pierre Timbaud in Paris, closed because of France?s lockdown, on Black Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. "Nonessential" stores remain closed until Saturday, so the country has delayed Black Friday a week. (Sabine Mirlesse/The New York Times)
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Euro zone factories lagging behind Asian peers as COVID-19 measures hurt demand
Workers place batteries on a machine at a factory manufacturing lithium batteries in Huaibei in central China's Anhui province on Nov. 14, 2020. China's manufacturing activity accelerated in November as its rebound from the pandemic gained strength, a survey showed Monday, Nov. 30, 2020, while the United States and Europe struggled with rising infections and renewed controls on business. (Chinatopix via AP)
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Euro zone finance ministers review economic response as second COVID-19 wave rages
A man pulls a suitcase past past locked tables and chairs outside closed restaurants as it rains in Cologne's old town on November 2, 2020 amid the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. - To curb the spike in Germany, Europe's biggest economy, German Chancellor Merkel has ordered a round of shutdowns from November 2, 2020 until the end of the month. The tightening of coronavirus restrictions have triggered frustration and anger. Germany on November 2 added another 12,097 Covid-19 cases, bringing the total since the start of the pandemic to 545,027 cases. A total of 10,530 people have died so far. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP) (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)
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ECB’s Rehn calls for regular strategy review, sustainable investments
FILE PHOTO: Governor of the Bank of Finland, Olli Rehn attends a Reuters Newsmaker event in London, Britain, May 29, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
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German manufacturing drives boom in euro zone factory activity in October
FILE PHOTO: Employees of German car manufacturer Porsche work on a Porsche 911 at the Porsche factory in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, Germany, February 19, 2019. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski
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ECB survey see lower growth, inflation next year
FILE PHOTO: A euro logo sculpture stands in Frankfurt October 26, 2014. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski
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Euro zone economy at risk of double-dip recession, PMIs show
FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a protective mask speaks on the phone in front of a closed down store, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in London, Britain July 16, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
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Lagarde warns second COVID-19 wave could delay euro zone’s economic recovery
FILE PHOTO: European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde gestures as she addresses a news conference on the outcome of the meeting of the Governing Council, in Frankfurt, Germany, March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
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Euro zone economic recovery in danger as COVID-19 resurgence hits service industries
A woman wearing a protective face mask walks past a restaurant in Paris, before the announcement of new Covid restrictions by Paris authorities as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues in France, October 5, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
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Euro zone factory recovery continued in September as Germany boomed
Factory activity was at its weakest in years across much of the world during January, adding to worries that trade tariffs, political uncertainty and cooling demand pose an increasing threat to global growth. Francis Maguire reports.
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ECB President Christine Lagarde sets stage for Fed-like strategy overhaul
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde speaks during a news conference in Frankfurt, Germany, on March 12, 2020.
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Euro zone economic recovery in danger as services slide
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