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    • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
      Pound Sterling
      Sterling heads for worst month since Truss’s mini-Budget

      British pound declines as traders shift interest rate expectations

      The Bank of England in London
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      The Long ViewKatie Martin
      Euro’s weakness reveals the worries over the eurozone economy

      Not even the ECB’s increase in interest rates to a record this week could support the currency

    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
      Why the euro is on a losing streak

      Google prepares for biggest US antitrust showdown since Microsoft

    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      Euro suffers eight-week losing streak as economy falters

      Steady decline against dollar reflects growing gulf with more robust US performance

      US dollar and euro currency bills
    • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
      Mairead McGuinness
      The case for a digital euro

      While many harbour concerns over privacy, having a new way to pay throughout the eurozone would definitely help consumers

      A blue euro symbol set in a digital circuit board
    • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
      Behind the Money podcast21 min listen
      Does anyone want a digital euro?

      Taking a closer look at the digital euro — its promises, pitfalls and why people took to the streets to protest against it earlier this year

    • Thursday, 13 April, 2023
      Euro surges to 12-month high as investors bet on more ECB rate rises

      Brighter economic outlook boosts the common currency as dollar retreats on prospect of end to US monetary tightening

      Euro coins and notes
    • Monday, 10 April, 2023
      InterviewEurozone economy
      Croatia’s central bank boss defends euro as consumers complain of price gouging

      Biggest price increases since country switched to common currency had been in hairdressers and coffee shops

      Boris Vujčić
    • Saturday, 21 January, 2023
      ExplainerCharts that Matter
      Euro regains ground against dollar as global economic outlook improves

      Falling gas prices and easing fears of a deep, continent-wide recession in 2023 have brightened prospects for Europe

      euro banknotes and coins
    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      Free LunchMartin Sandbu
      Reasons for confidence in the euro Premium content

      More nuanced thinking on both the currency and its inflation prospects

      Euro coins and banknotes
    • Sunday, 8 January, 2023
      Martin Sandbu
      Monetary independence is overrated, and the euro is riding high

      Old misgivings about the currency are increasingly unpersuasive — it is becoming more attractive by the day

      The euro symbol is projected onto the southern facade of the headquarters of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt Germany
    • Sunday, 25 December, 2022
      News in-depthEurozone economy
      Croatia anticipates economic boost as it prepares to adopt euro

      Former Yugoslav nation long in pursuit of closer integration with EU switches to single currency on January 1

      Christmas cheer in the Croatian capital Zagreb
    • Friday, 9 September, 2022
      Markets
      US stocks close higher to end three straight weeks of declines

      Euro and pound rise against greenback day after ECB lifts interest rates by 0.75 percentage points

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    • Monday, 5 September, 2022
      Currencies
      Euro hits 20-year low and gas prices jump on Russian pipeline shutdown

      Moscow’s suspension of Nord Stream 1 knocks equities markets as energy crisis worsens

      A worker walks from from a barge towards a gas receiving compressor station of the Nord Stream 1 natural gas pipeline in Lubmin, Germany
    • Monday, 29 August, 2022
      Investors increase bets against euro as energy crisis intensifies

      Net short positions hit their highest levels since the start of the pandemic

      Euro bank notes
    • Wednesday, 27 July, 2022
      Trade SecretsAlan Beattie
      The euro’s drama is not an existential crisis

      The currency has become more resilient with every trauma it has survived

      Mario Draghi and Christine Lagarde arrive for a conference in Paris in 2012
    • Friday, 15 July, 2022
      Investors bet on deepening euro sell-off as recession fears escalate

      Bearish sentiment persists as common currency hits parity with dollar

      A montage of the euro coin, dollar notes and a chart
    • Wednesday, 13 July, 2022
      Euro falls to parity with US dollar for first time in two decades

      Rising recession fears and broad shift into haven assets have boosted the greenback

      Pedestrians wearing face masks in front of the ECB headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany
    • Wednesday, 13 July, 2022
      News in-depth
      Euro’s slide towards dollar parity reflects heavier hit from Ukraine war

      The single currency’s fall points to risk of a recession more than question marks over its future

      A photo montage of a euro coin, dollar bills and a line graph
    • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
      US Treasury bonds
      US bond market flashes warning signal of economic slowdown

      Treasury yield curve ‘inverts’ as outlook darkens for world’s largest economy

      The New York Stock Exchange
    • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
      Eurozone economy
      Streaming now: eurocrisis, the sequel

      The single currency tried monetary policy, now only fragmentation or fiscal policy remain

    • Wednesday, 1 June, 2022
      Eurozone economy
      Croatia given green light by ECB to join euro in January

      Adriatic state expected to become 20th member of single currency if EU leaders approve plan next month

      Tourists are seen at Stradun street in Dubrovnik, Croatia
    • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
      Currencies
      Soaring dollar pushes euro to five-year low

      Dollar approaches highest point in two decades on bet Fed will outpace other central banks

      Euro coins
    • Monday, 28 March, 2022
      EU economy
      ECB supports Poland’s currency with €10bn financing deal

      Central bank agrees to help five European countries counter market fallout from Ukraine war

      A European flag flutters in front of the European Central Bank building in Frankfurt
    • Tuesday, 18 January, 2022
      Clearing & Settlement
      EU plans 3-year extension to UK clearing system access

      Brussels to begin consultation on ways of making bloc an attractive destination for clearing

      Mairead McGuinness, European commissioner for financial services, pictured in Helsinki in November 2021
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