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ECB's growth, inflation risks are large but balanced, Sleijpen says
Italy's BPER strikes deal with unions on 800 voluntary exits, 650 hires
Date: December 19, 2025
MILAN, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Italy's fourth-largest bank BPER has agreed with unions 800 voluntary exits and 650 new hires by 2028 as part of a generational turnover plan, unions said on Friday. The...
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...