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Prices in the European jet fuel market rose sharply, with global air traffic resisting the influence of the omicron variable. According to Bloomberg, one of the most important measures of the fuel market, which is the difference between diesel, rose last Friday to its highest level since September 2019, long …

European shares fell on Friday after comments pointing to tightening monetary policy from US central bank officials, which reinforced concerns about the repercussions, while German SAP reported strong quarterly profits in the cloud database sector. The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 0.7 percent, following the path of declining global markets, …

Global Central Banks Start Turning Off Cash TapsAs speculation grows about when the US Federal Reserve will begin reducing the size of its balance sheet, some analysts say the era of “quantitative tightening” has already started and “quantitative easing” is over.Central bank balance sheets have ballooned since the pandemic struck …

European shares rose on Wednesday, tracking gains made by Wall Street in the evening after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell expressed a less hawkish stance on monetary policy during testimony before Congress. The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.5% by 0813 GMT, following the path of global stocks, after Powell …

European shares rose on Tuesday, with investors returning to the technology sector after declining for seven days due to fears of rising interest rates. A group of positive corporate results also supported stocks. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index rose 1.1 after US stocks rose in late trading, supporting Asian stocks. …

The unemployment rate in the eurozone declined marginally in November, that is, before the start of the Omicron outbreak, which caused lockdowns in a number of countries on the continent, due to its rapid spread. And data from the statistics agency Eurostat revealed on Monday that the unemployment rate fell …

The majority of grocery stores have had trouble stocking up during the pandemic due to shortages of supplies and labour. Omicron is adding to the present trouble. Canceled flights, bare shelves at grocery stores, reduced bus schedules and schools closed due to staff shortages are only a few examples.The rapid …

European shares fell in early trading on Monday, after last week’s first weekly decline in three weeks, amid rising Covid-19 infections and increasing uncertainty over the course of interest rates. The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 0.4 percent at 0830 GMT, weighed down by falls in the real estate, technology …

Inflation in the Eurozone climbed to an annual rate of 5 percent in December, the second-consecutive record, according to the European Union statistics office’s initial estimate, which was released on Friday.The rate was slightly higher than the previous month’s increase of 4.9 percent. Inflation around the world has jumped as …

The annualized Eurozone Consumer Price Index (CPI) rises by 5.0% in December, surprising markets to the upside while a tad higher from the previous jump of 4.9%, the latest data published by Eurostat showed on Tuesday. The consensus forecast was for a drop to 4.7%. The core figures arrived at …