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France plans cuts to its generous unemployment system: France's prime minister, Gabriel Attal, announced plans to change the country's famously generous ...
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France plans cuts to its generous unemployment system
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French budget deficit widens but government vows no tax hike: France's budget deficit widened more than forecast in 2023, official figures showed on Tuesday ...
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French budget deficit widens but government vows no tax hike
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900.care secures $22.7 million for its refillable products: The French startup wants to make refillable products the norm in the beauty and hygiene industry.
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900.care secures $22.7 million for its refillable products
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UK needs to reach 2.5% of GDP for defence spending 'now - as soon as possible', security minister warns
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UK needs to reach 2.5% of GDP for defence spending 'now - as soon as ...
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France, worried about Olympics strikes, will pay government workers more: French authorities have framed this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games as a chance ...
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France, worried about Olympics strikes, will pay government workers more
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ECB makes borrowers fidget: key interest rates remain at their highest: The central bank will probably only lower interest rates in the euro area from June ...
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ECB makes borrowers fidget: key interest rates remain at their highest
Quick Glance: ECB Keeps Rates Stable: Inflation at 2% by 2025
  • The European Central Bank (ECB) kept its benchmark interest rates steady in March, anticipating a further decline in inflation. Price pressures are expected to reach the target of 2% by 2025.

  • The latest ECB staff projections suggest that inflation is projected to average 2.3% in 2024, followed by 2.0% in 2025 and 1.9% in 2026. Despite easing measures of core inflation, persistent domestic price pressures remain, partly due to strong wage growth.

  • The ECB reiterated its data-dependent approach, intending to evaluate economic data to determine the appropriate path of its policies. Market reactions to the new ECB staff projections saw a weakening of the euro against the dollar and a decrease in sovereign bond yields across the eurozone.

  • European equity indices surged, driven by heightened expectations of rate cuts following the updated ECB staff projections. Investors are eagerly anticipating statements from ECB President Lagarde, scheduled to commence at 14:45 CET.
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Nuclear safety in spotlight as French start-ups bring mini reactors to market: France wants to take the lead in rolling out safer, cleaner nuclear energy as an ...
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Nuclear safety in spotlight as French start-ups bring mini reactors to ...
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Comment: Monetary policy is overrated: Central banks did not trigger inflation, nor are they responsible for its decline.
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Comment: Monetary policy is overrated
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Mbappe double fires PSG past Real Sociedad to Champions League quarters: SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain: Kylian Mbappe lethally fired Paris Saint-Germain into the ...
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Mbappe double fires PSG past Real Sociedad to Champions League quarters
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Eurozone inflation drops to lowest in 2 years, spurring talk of ECB rate cut: The eurozone’s core inflation rate dropped to its lowest level in nearly two years ...
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Eurozone inflation drops to lowest in 2 years, spurring talk of ECB rate ...
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Top ECB official: Don’t expect serious rate-cut debate before June: Fear of losing credibility is influencing policymakers to err on the side of caution.
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Top ECB official: Don’t expect serious rate-cut debate before June
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EU balks at Microsoft’s deal with French AI startup: Mistral’s AI pact with U.S. tech giant Microsoft comes after bitter lobbying over how Europe can push into ...
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EU balks at Microsoft’s deal with French AI startup
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Inflation rate: Lagarde: Price surge in the eurozone will continue to decline: The effects of past shocks that drove up inflation are fading, says ECB President ...
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Inflation rate: Lagarde: Price surge in the eurozone will continue to ...
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Real incomes squeezed as wage growth fails to keep up with rising prices: Average weekly earnings across the whole economy for private and public employers rose ...
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Real incomes squeezed as wage growth fails to keep up with rising prices