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Europe needs help. As France and Germany remain stuck in political paralysis, a power vacuum awaits President Trump

Where once there was the so-called French-German axis to push Europe ahead, now there’s a vacuum.

09.12.2024 20

Fortune

David Mchugh

Israel’s massive war spending could force tough choices between social programs and the military

Military spending has ballooned, and growth has stalled, especially in dangerous border areas that were evacuated.

21.10.2024 8

Fortune

David Mchugh

Inflation rears its ugly head in Europe, putting the European Central Bank in a fix—once again

An increase in the price of theater tickets, restaurant meals and hotel rooms threatens to derail the ECB's expected rate cut in September.

31.07.2024 7

Fortune

David Mchugh

Germany remains the eurozone’s troubled economic child holding back Europe, while the U.S. dominates

"If the eurozone wants to catch up with the U.S. economically, it needs to raise its productivity and increase investment in productive capital.”

30.07.2024 10

Fortune

David Mchugh

Europe officially slaps tariffs on Chinese EVs in the biggest EU-China trade war escalation yet

Here are some basic facts about the EU's planned customs duties.

05.07.2024 10

Fortune

David Mchugh

Interest rates are almost definitely about to head down—in Europe

ECB President Christine Lagarde and other officials have made it clear that a quarter-point rate cut from the current record high of 4% is more...

06.06.2024 10

Fortune

David Mchugh

OPEC+ extends oil production cuts through all of 2025 to help prop up weaker crude prices

Members of the producers cartel and allied countries including Russia decided at an online meeting to hold steady its production levels, which include...

02.06.2024 40

Fortune

David Mchugh

Inflation rose in Europe in May but its central bank is still set to cut interest rates before the Fed

Inflation ticked up to an annual 2.6% in Europe in May. That's more than expected as a painful spike in consumer prices takes its time to fade away.

31.05.2024 30

Fortune

David Mchugh

Why Airbus won't expand its lead on Boeing even as its biggest rival stumbles

Airbus already is making planes as fast as it can and has a backlog of more than 8,600 orders to fill.

06.05.2024 20

Fortune

David Mchugh

European Central Bank declines to cut rates because ‘domestic price pressures are strong and are keeping services price inflation high’

But President Christine Lagarde also suggested a rate cut was now on the table, saying that it could be "appropriate to reduce the current level of...

11.04.2024 10

Fortune

David Mchugh

Inflation that squeezed European shoppers fell more than expected in March to 2.4%, as grocery cost spikes eased

But analysts say the decline from 2.6% in February, though welcome, would likely not be enough to move up the first interest rate cut from the ECB.

03.04.2024 60

Fortune

David Mchugh

Putin’s inconvenient truth for the west: Despite 7% inflation, Russia’s economy is a ‘big and resilient animal

Unemployment is low, and the IMF sees Russia's economy growing 2.6% this year, versus just 0.9% for the Eurozone.

12.03.2024 8

Fortune

David Mchugh

Europe is losing hope of a spring rate cut even with inflation far off peak

There likely won't be an interest rate cut at the European Central Bank's meeting Thursday.

07.03.2024 20

Fortune

David Mchugh

European inflation has now fallen from its 10.6% peak after the Russian invasion of Ukraine to just 2.6%

Prices spiked after Russia cut off most supplies of natural gas to Europe, sending energy prices through the roof.

01.03.2024 10

Fortune

David Mchugh

Germany just slashed its growth forecast, saying 'the economy is in troubled waters'

Germany's economy shrank 0.3% last year and it now sees anemic growth of just 0.2% for 2024, Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck said.

21.02.2024 40

Fortune

David Mchugh

Europe reports economic growth rate of zero for the last 3 months of 2023

The zero growth figure follows a 0.1% contraction in the three months before that, according to figures released by the EU's Eurostat.

30.01.2024 20

Fortune

David Mchugh

Sputtering European economy seen pushing ECB head Christine Lagarde to resist rate cuts—for now

Lagarde has said the benchmark rate will need to stay at a record high for “as long as necessary” to unequivocally squelch inflation.

25.01.2024 6

Fortune

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