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Eurozone economy

  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    French economy
    French PM Michel Barnier unveils shock therapy in 2025 budget

    Minority government bets on mix of spending cuts alongside tax rises on companies and the wealthy

    Prime Minister Michel Barnier arrives for a weekly cabinet meeting at the Élysée Palace in Paris on Thursday, October 10
  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    European Central Bank
    ECB will need to step up rate cuts if outlook darkens, chief economist said

    Gloomy economic data concerned Philip Lane and other policymakers, minutes of September meeting reveal

    The ECB building in Frankfurt
  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    Global Economy
    Inflation and interest rates tracker: see how your country compares

    Inflationary pressures are beginning to wane but not all central banks have taken action yet. See how this affects you

  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    Free LunchMartin Sandbu
    Germany’s choice Premium content

    Should Europe’s largest economy embrace the future or double down on past successes?

    A bustling street market in Nuremberg, Germany, is filled with shoppers walking past stalls with red and white striped awnings. The street is lined with historic buildings under a clear sky.
  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    Jude Webber
    Ireland is awash with cash but needs an infrastructure vision

    Country struggling to catch up on needs of its expanding population amid near full employment

    View of the new children’s hospital being built in Dublin
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    German economy
    Germany expects economy to shrink in 2024 after cutting forecast

    Government predicts rebound in 2025 following 0.2% decline this year as it tries to address long-term structural problems

    German economy minister Robert Habeck sets out the government’s new economic forecasts at a press conference in Berlin on Wednesday
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    Eurozone interest rates
    ‘Highly restrictive’ rates risk hurting Eurozone economy, says Greek central bank chief

    Yannis Stournaras backs two more ECB quarter-point rate cuts this year

    Yannis Stournaras stands at a podium during a news conference in Athens.
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    Commerzbank AG
    A Commerzbank takeover? Some Mittelstand executives say why not

    In contrast to Berlin’s stiff opposition, many family-owned businesses are pragmatic about a bid by UniCredit

    Montage of a solar panel farm in Germany, general view of Berlin, €10 note being helf, and an agricultural worker moving boxes on a truck, with the Commerzbank logo in the centre
  • Monday, 7 October, 2024
    News in-depthIrish economy
    Ireland struggles to consolidate role as data centre hub

    Dublin goes from ‘leader to flounderer’ as planning and energy supply problems lead tech groups to invest elsewhere

    The Equinix DB5 Data centre campus in Dublin, Ireland
  • Sunday, 6 October, 2024
    Global Economy
    Anxious Europeans hoard savings as US consumers boost global economy

    Eurozone household sentiment diverges from American counterparts, whose buoyant spending is fuelling growth

    Shoppers on 5th Avenue in New York
  • Sunday, 6 October, 2024
    News in-depthEU immigration
    Germany ‘reopens old wounds’ with border checks

    Berlin’s decision risks hampering borderless travel in Schengen area

    Olaf Scholz imposed the checks last month
  • Saturday, 5 October, 2024
    European equities
    Investors grab European equities to gain cheap US exposure

    Novo Nordisk and Schneider in demand as robust American economy defies investors’ expectations

    Vials on the Wegovy line at the Novo Nordisk production facilities in Hillerod, Denmark
  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    Italian economy
    Italy seeks to raise more windfall taxes from companies

    Finance minister says ‘everyone must contribute’, not just banks

    Giorgia Meloni, right, and Giancarlo Giorgetti
  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    European house prices
    Eurozone house prices rise for first time in more than a year

    Annual increase of 1.3% in second quarter points to gradual recovery of region’s housing market

    Houses in Vicenza, Italy
  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    Irish economy
    Ireland promises cost-of-living help and tax cuts as election looms

    Government is flush with cash from windfall corporation tax receipts and is expected to go to the polls in weeks

    Finance minister Jack Chambers and public expenditure minister Paschal Donohoe waving
  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    French politics
    French Prime Minister Michel Barnier announces tax rises and spending cuts

    New premier says ‘colossal debts’ leave him no choice but to break with Macron’s economic policies

    Michel Barnier delivers his general policy speech at the National Assembly in Paris on Tuesday
  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    Eurozone inflation
    Eurozone inflation dips below target to 1.8% in September

    Decline bolsters expectations that ECB will cut interest rates again this month

    The skyline of Frankfurt at sunset, with the European Central Bank building
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    German economy
    German inflation drops below 2% for first time since early 2021

    Softer price pressure and weak economic activity increase chances of ECB rate cut in October

    Shoppers at a street market in Berlin
  • Sunday, 29 September, 2024
    EU economy
    Will the US jobs report show signs of economic recovery?

    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

    A Now Hiring sign on a FedEx Office in New York,
  • Sunday, 29 September, 2024
    ECB to cut interest rate in October, economists predict

    Weak growth likely to lead central bank to lower rates by 0.25% next month rather than in December

    The ECB building in Frankfurt
  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    Volkswagen AG
    VW issues second profit warning in three months on weaker sales

    The lower guidance comes the carmaker looks to close plants in Germany for the first time in its 87-year history

    Volkswagen workers on the assembly line
  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    Energy sector
    European heat pump sales tumble as subsidies shrink

    Fading enthusiasm for alternative to gas boilers piles pressure on EU’s green agenda

    Workers assemble heat pumps for residential buildings at a Bosch Home Comfort Group factory
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    German economy
    Top economists downgrade Germany’s growth forecasts

    Structural problems mean country will struggle to return to pre-pandemic rates of economic expansion, say leading institutes

    Protesters in Hanover as negotiations over cost cuts take place between Volkswagen and unions on Wednesday
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    Free LunchMartin Sandbu
    Digging into France’s fiscal mess Premium content

    It has always been a high-tax, high-spend country, so why have things been getting worse?

    A morning rush hour commuter walks near skyscrapers in the La Defense business district in Paris, France. The person is silhouetted against the backdrop of modern glass buildings and reflections.
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    BASF SE
    BASF slashes dividend amid worsening German industrial gloom

    World’s largest chemicals group to cut capital expenditure and plans partial listing of agricultural unit

    A BASF chemicals plant in Schwarzheide, Germany
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