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BankingEurope’s economic outlook worsens as high prices plague consumer spendingSeptember 11, 2023150FRANKFURT, Germany -- The European Union has lowered its forecast for economic growth this year and next, saying inflation is...
EconomyEU Commission revises eurozone growth forecast down – POLITICOSeptember 11, 2023196The eurozone economy is set to slow down 0.8 percent this year and 1.3 percent in 2024, the European Commission...
BankingPolish opposition threatens to go after central bank chief over inflation – POLITICOSeptember 10, 2023156Poland's leading opposition party said it will look to put the country's central bank chief, Adam Glapiński, on trial for...
BankingThe Bank should focus on inflationSeptember 8, 2023149T he former governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, has told this paper that the Bank’s focus on net...
EconomyDemocratic deficits could doom US economySeptember 6, 2023203The U.S. government’s spending deficit of roughly $2 trillion for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30 is an atrocity perpetrated...