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The dollar had been under pressure from the possibility that the Federal Reserve may have to relent in its fight against inflation and pause rate hikes

Updated On: 30 Mar 2023 | 4:02 PM IST

There is an urgency among exporters to hedge following the euro's rally to above 88, a treasury sales official at a private bank said

Updated On: 13 Feb 2023 | 4:23 PM IST

Prices in Italy rose by 10.1 per cent in January compared to a year earlier, despite a decline in prices for regulated energy products, the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) said on Wednesday.

Updated On: 02 Feb 2023 | 7:54 AM IST

Europe is taking another big step toward cutting its energy ties with Russia, banning imports of diesel fuel and other products made from crude oil in Russian refineries. The European Union ban takes effect February 5 following its embargo on coal and most oil from Russia. The 27-nation bloc is trying to sever its last uses of Russian energy and stop feeding the Kremlin's war chest as the anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine nears. The newest ban has risks: Diesel prices have already jumped since the war started on February 24, and they could rise again for the fuel that is key to the global economy. We're leaving money on the road to provide our services, said Hans-Dieter Sedelmeier of the family-run German bus and travel company Rast Reisen. Most things people buy or eat are transported at some point by trucks, which mostly run on diesel. It also powers farm equipment, city buses and industrial equipment. The higher cost of diesel is built into the price of almost everything, .

Updated On: 30 Jan 2023 | 2:35 PM IST

European Central Bank (ECB) governing council member Klaas Knot said interest rates would rise by 50 basis points in both February and March and continue climbing in the months after

Updated On: 23 Jan 2023 | 7:19 AM IST

The European Central Bank aims to keep inflation near 2 per cent, CNN reported

Updated On: 06 Jan 2023 | 11:18 PM IST

Markets are clearly being tugged in different directions though

Updated On: 05 Jan 2023 | 5:56 PM IST

In a year marked by conflict and loss, silver linings were few and far between, with many statements much harder to repeat at the end of 2022 than at the beginning

Updated On: 30 Dec 2022 | 10:27 PM IST

Rule deferred as trial results were 'far from satisfactory'

Updated On: 10 Dec 2022 | 12:08 AM IST

Experts from the European Union would share their experiences in applying antitrust laws to the digital economy and markets and the introduction of the EU's Digital Markets Act

Updated On: 05 Dec 2022 | 7:46 PM IST

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said that Europe is not "strong enough right now" and that it "would be in trouble without the US".

Updated On: 03 Dec 2022 | 11:08 AM IST

Failing to take on fake or misleading content online could "lead to the very quick abuse" of Twitter, European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova, said

Updated On: 01 Dec 2022 | 6:33 PM IST

The European Commission's autumn forecast predicted falling economic output in the last three months of this year and the first months of 2023

Updated On: 12 Nov 2022 | 10:28 AM IST

'If we look at high-frequency indicators and the economic sentiment, we see that many things point to a contraction in economic activity this winter'

Updated On: 08 Nov 2022 | 8:13 AM IST

According to the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), it was the seventh three-month period in a row that Italy's economy expanded

Updated On: 01 Nov 2022 | 11:34 AM IST

Firms grappling with high inflation and soaring operating costs are seeking fresh short-term liquidity lines in an echo of the worst days of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic

Updated On: 31 Oct 2022 | 6:50 PM IST

World and European shares turned higher on Friday as Wall Street extended gains amid hopes of a slowdown in some central banks' rate hikes

Updated On: 29 Oct 2022 | 7:23 AM IST

With this, it has increased policy rate by 1.5 per cent, the highest in a decade

Updated On: 28 Oct 2022 | 12:10 AM IST

The dollar roared to 149.70 yen in early trade before hastily retreating to 145.28 in a matter of minutes in what traders and analysts said appeared to be at the hands of the Bank of Japan

Updated On: 24 Oct 2022 | 3:44 PM IST

The fall in the stock of Credit Suisse signals that there is something seriously wrong with the bank. Just like Lehman Brothers in 2008, the financial cost of its collapse would be huge. Here's more

Updated On: 06 Oct 2022 | 9:40 AM IST