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      Gas crisis raises recession risk for inflation-hit eurozone economy

      Slight expansion expected for second quarter, but outlook for second half of year is bleak

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      Elections raise questions over Rome’s ability to stick to reform timetable

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      Economists warn of downturn as high prices and threat of gas shortage weigh on economy

    • Friday, 22 July, 2022
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      Central bank hopes to regain credibility by removing protocol that was dictating decisions

    • Friday, 22 July, 2022
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      Output and new orders fall for the first time since coronavirus lockdowns in early 2021

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      Policymakers hope new programme will give central bank cover to raise rates without triggering market turmoil

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      ECB raises rates for first time in more than a decade

      Half percentage point increase comes as borrowing costs rise amid political turmoil in Rome

    • Wednesday, 20 July, 2022
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      End to imports from key energy supplier would drag Europe’s largest economy into recession in 2023, says fund

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      The ECB president is set to raise rates to curb inflation just as war and energy prices threaten to tip the eurozone into recession

    • Monday, 18 July, 2022
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      Italian political upheaval provides test of ECB’s resolve

      Former central bank president Mario Draghi’s troubles complicate the task facing his successor, Christine Lagarde

    • Wednesday, 13 July, 2022
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      The single currency’s fall points to risk of a recession more than question marks over its future

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      Policymakers voiced fears at June meeting that inflation expectations could become unanchored without strong action

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      ECB’s crisis-fighting scheme risks being tied up in legal and political knots

      Pledge to tackle divergence in bloc’s borrowing costs raises tough questions on when and how to intervene

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      Joachim Nagel reflects concerns over plan to counter divergence in eurozone borrowing costs

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      Governing council to discuss potential bonanza for lenders from ultra-cheap pandemic loans

    • Friday, 1 July, 2022
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      Sharp acceleration of food and energy prices intensifies ECB debate over speed of planned interest rate rises

    • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
      Sveriges Riksbank
      Sweden’s Riksbank steps up pace of interest rate rises

      Central bank raises rate by 50 basis points to 0.75% and signals further increases to come this year

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