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Image for European shares close 10th week higher; focus remains on US tariffs
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European shares close 10th week higher; focus remains on US tariffs

By Nikhil Sharma (Reuters) - European shares extended declines on Friday, as market sentiment was de...

28th February, 2025

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Softer inflation, weak growth bolster case for ECB rate cuts

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro zone inflation prospects improved while growth remained anaemic, fresh da...

28th February, 2025

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Euro falls to more than two-week low after Trump, Zelenskiy meeting

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar drew safe-haven support on Friday ahead of U.S. Presiden...

28th February, 2025

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BOJ chief warns of strong global uncertainty due to US tariffs

By Leika Kihara CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda on Thursday warned of "very s...

27th February, 2025

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ECB to cut rates again on March 6 as focus turns to growth: Reuters poll

By Jonathan Cable LONDON (Reuters) - The European Central Bank will trim its deposit rate again next...

27th February, 2025

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ECB accounts show lingering inflation worries

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro zone inflation was heading back to target but there were still some worri...

27th February, 2025

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Euro zone lending growth accelerates after rate cuts

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Lending growth in the 20-nation euro zone accelerated last month, suggesting t...

27th February, 2025

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Morning Bid: Trump tariffs take spotlight as Nvidia neither hot nor cold

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland It could be taken as test...

27th February, 2025

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No easy answer to higher global tariffs, BoE's Dhingra says

LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England may not need to take action if a fragmentation in global trad...

26th February, 2025

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Russia's central bank links rouble rally to geopolitics

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian central bank said on Wednesday that the rouble's rally since the star...

26th February, 2025

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Sterling edges lower versus dollar, eyes on military spending

By Stefano Rebaudo (Reuters) - Sterling edged lower against a strengthening dollar and held steady v...

26th February, 2025

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ECB rates no longer a material drag on growth, Schnabel says

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The interest rate that neither slows not spurs euro zone growth has increased...

25th February, 2025