Central bank blunders undermine tough rate talk
LONDON, Dec 5 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Words are fighting it out with numbers in financial markets at present. Comments by...
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Bank of England drags Bagehot into the shadows
LONDON, Dec 1 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Walter Bagehot’s 1873 book “Lombard Street” is a bible for financial policymakers. The English...
EU watchdogs muck up Amazon’s messy iRobot cleanup
Signage is seen at an Amazon facility in Staten Island, New York City, U.S., April 24, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Acquire...
Measuring the US and China’s conscious decoupling
MUMBAI, Nov 16 (Reuters Breakingviews) - The United States prefers to talk about efforts to reduce its dependence on China...
Europe’s shrinking stash heralds economic trouble
LONDON, Nov 14 (Reuters Breakingviews) - The euro zone is a tale of two interest rates: the official one set...
EU members’ China cuddling weakens Brussels’ hand
European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters, in Brussels, Belgium, February 1, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman Acquire Licensing RightsBRUSSELS,...
High services costs make UK rate-cutting laggard
Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey speaks as he attends a press conference for the Monetary Policy Report...
EU has to come clean on costs of green transition
LONDON, July 18 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Europe is providing a test of whether weak governments can enact strong policies. It...
Watchdog with teeth can help EU hunt unicorns
BRUSSELS, July 11 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Europe wants to keep its home-grown innovators from going abroad in search of new...
UK bank’s 25% drop adds further investor wildcard
LONDON, July 7 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Being a bank investor was already hard enough in 2023. Shareholders who thought rising...
