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Leaders of the European Union and the eurozone are cautiously hopeful about the upcoming economic recovery. The decreasing rates of inflation are the main driver of this optimism. They admitted that “economic activity is subdued in the near term” in a statement issued on Friday, but they also said that …

The EUR/USD is trading near previous lows as Euro bidders seek a foothold. European numbers came in better than predicted, but they still show a sluggish home European economy. The pair has little momentum as both the US dollar and the Euro fall. At the time of writing, the pair …

The flash estimate of March Eurozone Consumer Confidence dropped to two year low at -18.7 in March from -8.8 the month prior, data from the European Commission on Wednesday showed. That was much steeper than the expected drop to -12.9 and marked the worst such reading since May 2020. While …

Any Russian incursion into Ukraine would have far-reaching economic repercussions for global economies. There will be surely winners and losers. In this particular crisis, China will likely benefit from diversion of Russian exports. Energy Sanctions on Russian gas by the United States and its allies could pay dividends for China, …

The EUR/USD pair is extending on earlier session gains and has now persuasively cleared its earlier weekly highs around 1.1304 and is pressing on into the 1.1320s. Despite a broadly subdued tone to trade in other asset categories, like shares and bonds, currency markets have adopted a somewhat more risk-on …

Next Thursday’s European Central Bank meeting is expected to be crucial as officials are set to call time on pandemic-triggered stimulus. The question now is how much support to leave in its place given the emergence of the Omicron COVID-19 variant and hot inflation data. The five questions on the …

EU economy expected to raise inflation forecast again. Central bank policymakers have said that the outlook for price growth in 2023 and 2024 remains unsure The ECB has underestimated how fast Eurozone inflation would rise this year.European Central Bank policymakers expect the central bank to raise its short-term inflation forecasts …

The EUR/USD has been trading on a bullish trend throughout the last two weeks, with an increase from 1.1520s to 1.1660s, although this climb was more of a reaction of the larger downtrend, and it seems to have ended now.The US economy is speeding up again, as it enters another …