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Image for ECB cuts rates again, euro rallies
Finance

ECB cuts rates again, euro rallies

LONDON (Reuters) - The European Central Bank cut interest rates as expected on Thursday and kept the...

6th March, 2025

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Poor retail sales data highlight euro zone's consumption slump

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro zone retail sales unexpectedly dipped in January, adding to signs that a...

6th March, 2025

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Finance

STOXX 600 closes flat as ECB boost counters pressures from yields

(Reuters) - European shares extended their gains on Thursday on hopes of easing trade tensions after...

6th March, 2025

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Finance

Morning Bid: ECB's last easy decision

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee As trade tensions simmer...

6th March, 2025

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Analysis-More words than deeds from China on consumption keep deflation in play

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Li Qiang's renewed emphasis on consumption isn't being matched b...

6th March, 2025

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Finance

Nasdaq confirms correction, dollar weakens as tariff news fuels unease

By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks rose on Thursday as investors held out hope tha...

6th March, 2025

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Finance

US dollar sinks as growth concerns weigh; safe-havens yen, Swiss franc advance

By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The euro extended four-month highs to the U.S. dollar on Thursda...

6th March, 2025

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Finance

Analysis-Euro surge has traders burning parity bets as Europe ramps up spending

By Harry Robertson LONDON (Reuters) - The biggest three-day rally in the euro in over two years has...

6th March, 2025

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Finance

ECB cuts rates again but risk of April pause growing

By Balazs Koranyi and Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is set to cut...

6th March, 2025

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Finance

Swiss inflation falls to lowest in nearly four years

ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss inflation fell to its lowest level in nearly four years in February, govern...

5th March, 2025

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Finance

Rate cuts in Poland may start in the second half of 2025, says IMF representative

WARSAW (Reuters) - Monetary policy easing in Poland may begin in the second half of 2025, Internatio...

5th March, 2025

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Euro zone economy treads water again in February, PMI shows

LONDON (Reuters) - The euro zone economy trod water again last month as a weak expansion in the bloc...

5th March, 2025