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Government has room to offer generous pre-election budget but warns era of bumper tax receipts may be waning
Data expected to reassure ECB officials that eurozone still on track for ‘soft landing’
Climate change blamed for difficulties facing world’s biggest consumers
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The corporatist spell must soon break
Threat of another dry summer increases struggles over swimming pools and scarce resources
Inflationary pressures are beginning to wane but not all central banks have taken action yet. See how this affects you
Former Italian premier Enrico Letta was asked by European leaders to report on state of single market
Comments from group’s finance chief coincide with German chancellor leading a business delegation to China
Officials brush off concerns about transatlantic divergence and expect looser monetary policy from June
Some policymakers backed cut at Thursday’s meeting as bank signals it will consider such a step in June
Pimco and T Rowe Price among firms to increase exposure in Europe amid cooling inflation
Markus Krebber says there will be ‘significant structural demand destruction’ in energy-intensive sectors
Simon Harris becomes the country’s youngest prime minister at age 37
‘Superbonus’ scheme balloons to €219bn compared with €140bn estimated last year
Survey results will feed into ECB discussion on slowing activity amid tight financing conditions
Also in this newsletter: why EU businesses complain they are drowning in red tape
President has a good record on rebooting economy but has failed to shrink the budget deficit
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez calls ‘housing a right and not a speculative business’ as costs soar for locals
Construction and carmaking drive stronger-than-expected performance in February
Simon Harris has less than a year to tackle voters’ main concern and rebuild support for his party
Economic convergence is back and will affect the politics of the bloc’s next budget
Wall Street institutions press for French labour law reforms to bring down high redundancy payouts
Further reforms are vital for sustained progress in the eurozone’s core and periphery
Strong growth in some eastern and southern countries was offset by declines in many northern EU states
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