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As we head toward summer's end, ETF launches remain muted if this week is anything to go by, with only nine new funds debuting, a slight uptick from the week ended July 28. Perhaps most notably, JPMor...

The CPI for services spiked by 5.6% in July, compared to a year ago, up from 5.4% in June and 5.0% in May, another record in the data going back to 1997, according to Eurostat today. “Core” CPI (witho...

The European Central Bank looks set to hike rates by 25bp on Thursday. With the bleak economic outlook and disinflation gaining traction, however, the end to rate hikes is near.

The latest data show that eurozone growth is not picking up, with services now also losing steam. While it's not all downhill from here, subdued growth is the best we can hope for.

Industrial production growth in Europe has more or less stagnated since late 2020 as the speedy recovery that followed the first round of lockdowns came to a halt. At the same time, the sector is in a...

Rising corporate profits account for almost half the increase in Europe's inflation over the past two years, as companies increased prices by more than spiking costs of imported energy. Europe's busin...

The European Central Bank President, Christine Lagarde, is keeping the door wide open for more interest rate rises this summer. Lagarde has been explaining her decision to raise eurozone rates again b...

Dividends are back in vogue right now, but current income alone may not be enough to make expensive and potentially volatile U.S. equities a particularly appealing place to be. For some, it may make m...

Lower energy prices have boosted both business and consumer confidence. However, the better growth outlook will slow the decline in core inflation, pushing the ECB to act more forcefully.

Spring is on the horizon, and although it may not feel like it across the snowy U.S.A., spring is coming nonetheless, following a much warmer winter than normal over in Europe which has given the cont...