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French government calls for Christmas truce in farmer protests
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Renault escapes 'junk' bond rating after S&P upgrade
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ECB's growth, inflation risks are large but balanced, Sleijpen says
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Italy's BPER strikes deal with unions on 800 voluntary exits, 650 hires
ECB policymakers not yet ready to take rate cut off the table
Date: December 19, 2025
FRANKFURT, Dec 19 (Reuters) - European Central Bank policymakers warned on Friday about oversized risks around their latest economic projections, making the case for caution in setting policy and not...
ECB's Santos Pereira: inflation at target, rate moves to hinge on economy
Date: December 19, 2025
LISBON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - European Central Bank policymaker Alvaro Santos Pereira said on Tuesday inflation in the euro area was expected to remain at the ECB's target level of around 2% in the...
Rogue texts, aliens and a marriage proposal - welcome to Vladimir Putin's phone-in
Date: December 19, 2025
Dec 19 (Reuters) - Sarcastic messages briefly flashed up on a big screen in the hall where Russian President Vladimir Putin was holding his annual press conference and "direct line" phone-in on Friday...
Exclusive-Nexperia's China unit switches to local firms for wafer supplies, document shows
Date: December 19, 2025
Dec 19 (Reuters) - The Chinese unit of Netherlands-based Nexperia has locked in supplies of silicon wafers from local firms to cover its entire 2026 production of a key product, a document showed,...
Germany headed for biggest deficit since reunification, Bundesbank says
Date: December 19, 2025
FRANKFURT, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Germany is heading for its largest deficit since the reunification between the east and west three decades ago due to the government's spending plans, the Bundesbank said...
UK retailers report fall in sales ahead of Christmas, CBI says
Date: December 19, 2025
LONDON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - British retailers have reported a pre-Christmas slump in sales and they are gloomier about their prospects for the start of 2026, according to a survey published on Friday....