European stocks step out from US shadow in 2025, but for how long
European stocks have staged their best performance in a decade against Wall Street in the first six weeks of 2025, but hopes ...
European Central Bank warns of weak economy after delivering quarter-point rate cut
The European Central Bank is widely expected to cut interest rates for the fifth time since it began easing monetary policy.
ECB Still Has Room to Cut Rates, Cipollone Tells Reuters
The European Central Bank can continue to lower borrowing costs with inflation heading toward the 2% goal, Executive Board member Piero Cipollone told Reuters.
Big central banks start 2025 heading in different directions
The first central bank meetings of 2025 suggest it will be a year in which policymakers go their own way as economic paths ...
European banks may find it tough to repeat strong end-of-year performance
European banks are expected to report a sharp rise in profits for the final three months of last year, helped by still-robust ...
Poland pitches rearmament bank to boost Europe's defence spending
"There is a new idea which I like: a rearmament bank," said Radosław Sikorski, Poland's minister of foreign affairs. View on ...
European Central Bank president: Bitcoin lacks reserve potential
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde ruled out the idea of European banks holding bitcoin in treasuries this ...
Central bank body urges policy revamps to heed COVID lessons
Central bank body the Bank for International Settlements has urged the likes of the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank ...