Average UK real output per head was rising, therefore, relative to that of its peers. Then, from 2007 to 2024, UK trend ...

Rising levels of inequality are the defining political and economic issue of our times. Middle- and working-class Americans, ...

ECB President Christine Lagarde urged the European Commission to dismantle internal trade barriers, warning they stifle ...

The economies hit hardest by the European sovereign debt crisis in the 2010s were southern European countries like Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Greece. In exchange for big bailouts from their northerly ...

Eurozone GDP barely grew in the third quarter of 2025, rising just 0.2% as the wider EU posted similarly weak gains and unemployment remained flat. New business registrations increased, but a sharp ...

Following the global financial crisis of 2008, several European countries – Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain – faced high public debt, weak economic growth and fragile banking sectors. These ...

Business activity in the eurozone held firm in November, maintaining the solid pace of growth recorded in October — the strongest expansion in over two years — largely thanks to continued resilience ...

Business activity continued to grow in the eurozone in November, albeit at a slightly slower pace, hurt by lingering weakness in the manufacturing sector. The eurozone’s composite purchasing managers ...

Threats to the stability of the eurozone’s financial system remain “elevated” despite a series of agreements between the U.S. and its trading partners, European Central Bank Vice President Luis de ...

President of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde and Governor of the Bulgarian National Bank Dimitar Radev, Sofia, Bulgaria, November 4, 2025. NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV / AFP A quarter-century after ...

The eurozone's industry returned to slow growth in September, reflecting moderate resilience at a time of trade uncertainty and despite a significant drag in the month from volatile Irish data.

Eurozone inflation eased back in October, with growth coming in at 2.1%, down from 2.2% the month before. A year earlier, the rate was 2.0%. Meanwhile, European Union (EU) annual inflation was 2.5%, a ...