Martin Arnold | Financial Times

Thursday, 28 July, 2022

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Fed hikes rates, but next steps are uncertain

European gas price rise accelerates as Russia cuts flows

Tuesday, 26 July, 2022

News in-depthItalian politics

Doubts over Italy’s access to €800bn EU Covid fund after Draghi’s exit

Elections raise questions over Rome’s ability to stick to reform timetable

Monday, 25 July, 2022

German economy

German recession looms as business confidence slumps to two-year low

Economists warn of downturn as high prices and threat of gas shortage weigh on economy

Friday, 22 July, 2022

European Central Bank

‘We are not offering forward guidance’: ECB ditches policy that blocked earlier rate rise

Central bank hopes to regain credibility by removing protocol that was dictating decisions

Friday, 22 July, 2022

Eurozone economy

Eurozone business activity falls to 17-month low, raising recession fears

Output and new orders fall for the first time since coronavirus lockdowns in early 2021

Thursday, 21 July, 2022

ExplainerEuropean Central Bank

Spread betting: how will the ECB’s new bond-buying tool work?

Policymakers hope new programme will give central bank cover to raise rates without triggering market turmoil

Thursday, 21 July, 2022

European Central Bank

ECB raises rates for first time in more than a decade

Half percentage point increase comes as borrowing costs rise amid political turmoil in Rome

Wednesday, 20 July, 2022

German economy

IMF calls for rethink of German debt-cutting plan if Russia halts gas flows

End to imports from key energy supplier would drag Europe’s largest economy into recession in 2023, says fund

Wednesday, 20 July, 2022

Europe Express

All eyes on Italy while ECB considers policy response Premium

Tensions run high ahead of Mario Draghi’s return to parliament today to gauge support for his agenda

Tuesday, 19 July, 2022

European Central Bank

ECB to discuss ending negative rates with 50 basis point move

Speculation of bigger than expected move intensifies ahead of key vote on Thursday

Tuesday, 19 July, 2022

The Big Read

European economy: Lagarde wrestles with an ‘impossible situation’

The ECB president is set to raise rates to curb inflation just as war and energy prices threaten to tip the eurozone into recession

Monday, 18 July, 2022

News in-depthEuropean Central Bank

Italian political upheaval provides test of ECB’s resolve

Former central bank president Mario Draghi’s troubles complicate the task facing his successor, Christine Lagarde

Wednesday, 13 July, 2022

News in-depthEuro

Euro’s slide towards dollar parity reflects heavier hit from Ukraine war

The single currency’s fall points to risk of a recession more than question marks over its future

Sunday, 10 July, 2022

EU energy

Canada waives Russia sanctions to ease Germany’s gas shortage

Ottawa allows export of vital turbine to help repair Nordstream 1 pipeline

Friday, 8 July, 2022

Climate change

Eurozone banks are underestimating the hit from climate change, warns ECB

Campaigners say stress tests were not tough enough and did not take into account higher energy costs

Thursday, 7 July, 2022

European Central Bank

Soaring inflation sparked ECB calls for more aggressive rate rises, minutes show

Policymakers voiced fears at June meeting that inflation expectations could become unanchored without strong action

Wednesday, 6 July, 2022

ExplainerEurozone economy

ECB’s crisis-fighting scheme risks being tied up in legal and political knots

Pledge to tackle divergence in bloc’s borrowing costs raises tough questions on when and how to intervene

Monday, 4 July, 2022

European Central Bank

Bundesbank boss warns against ‘fatal’ assumptions in ECB crisis tool

Joachim Nagel reflects concerns over plan to counter divergence in eurozone borrowing costs

Monday, 4 July, 2022

German economy

Germany warns of ‘historic challenge’ as trade slides into deficit

Soaring energy prices and trading disruption push balance €1bn into the red for May

Monday, 4 July, 2022

European Central Bank

ECB set for greener ‘tilt’ in €386bn corporate bond portfolio

Plan to transform holdings will limit share of bonds with high carbon footprint bank accepts as collateral

Sunday, 3 July, 2022

European Central Bank

ECB to discuss blocking banks from multibillion-euro windfall as rates rise

Governing council to discuss potential bonanza for lenders from ultra-cheap pandemic loans

Friday, 1 July, 2022

Eurozone inflation

Eurozone inflation hits record 8.6% in June

Sharp acceleration of food and energy prices intensifies ECB debate over speed of planned interest rate rises

Thursday, 30 June, 2022

Sveriges Riksbank

Sweden’s Riksbank steps up pace of interest rate rises

Central bank raises rate by 50 basis points to 0.75% and signals further increases to come this year

Wednesday, 29 June, 2022

Central banks

Central bank chiefs call end to era of low rates and moderate inflation

ECB, Fed and BoE heads warn of painful shift after ‘massive geopolitical shock’ of Ukraine war and pandemic

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