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Strong fourth quarter figures mean pay in the single currency bloc is rising faster than in the US
Benchmark increases from 2.5% to 3% ahead of crunch UK and US central bank meetings next week
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Supermarket chain owner reports ‘tensions with suppliers like we’ve never had’
Inflation forecasts for 2023 set to be cut, but persistent price pressures continue to test rate-setters
Two-year deal will add to central bankers’ fears over wage demands fuelling high inflation
Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead
Overall borrowing costs for eurozone governments have risen sharply in the past year
Ignazio Visco fears swift tightening to control inflation will damage ‘fragile economy’
Bank of Greece head Yannis Stournaras adamant 2023 will be the year when the country consigns its junk status to history
We’re not in Kansas any more
Central bank not seeking to ‘break economy’ but price pressures remain sticky, warns president
Officials say they may need to raise rates to hit 4% unless they see ‘clear signals’ that core price pressures are easing
Markets anticipate more interest rate rises after consumer price growth remains high
Rise in price growth in eurozone’s largest economy triggers speculation of record-high rates
Persistent price pressures in leading economies drive rise in eurozone governments’ borrowing costs
High inflation drives sharp falls in consumer spending and investment, revised figures show
Buoyant service sector and wages fuel expectations of further rises in eurozone borrowing costs
Falling energy prices spur calls from executive board member Fabio Panetta for central bank to switch to smaller rate rises
Chief economist Beata Javorcik says memories of chaos that followed the fall of the Soviet Union will mean price rises take longer to fall
Delayed data release may require revision to eurozone figure as end of energy subsidies complicates calculations
Central bank expected to lift deposit rate by half a percentage point on Thursday as pressures persist
Monetary policy is entering a phase of quantitative tightening for which there is plenty of theory but little past experience
Annual growth now 21.6%, half last summer’s peak, in sign of waning cost pressures in eurozone’s biggest economy
Price pressures have increased more gradually in the bloc, says ECB bulletin
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