The European Central Bank should lower borrowing costs at each meeting until it reaches a level that neither restricts nor stimulates economic activity, according to Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras.

The euro zone is on the cusp of sustainably reaching 2% inflation, putting the onus on officials to avoid undershooting that goal, according to European Central Bank Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras.

Car sales in Europe are flatlining, leading manufacturers including Ford Motor Co. and Volkswagen AG to push for cost cuts in response to muted demand.

In einem zunehmend rauer werdenden internationalen Umfeld haben die Risiken für die Finanzakteure im Euro-Raum nach Einschätzung der Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB) zugenommen. Die EZB nennt vor allem das schwache Wirtschaftswachstum und die wachsenden Konflikte im Welthandel als größte Auslöser ihrer Besorgnis.

Euro-area financial institutions are increasingly using dollar markets for liquidity, creating risks to financial stability if US funding dries up, according to the European Central Bank.

In a cooling US labor market, recent college graduates are among those feeling the chill most.

Rising trade frictions pose an additional risk to the euro-area economy and threaten to amplify vulnerabilities in the region’s financial system, the European Central Bank warned.

A key gauge of euro-zone wages jumped by the most since the common currency was introduced in 1999 — complicating the European Central Bank’s plans for interest-rate cuts as inflation eases.

Bis Ende 2027 will der Autokonzern 4000 Stellen in ganz Europa abbauen. Die meisten von ihnen sollen in Deutschland wegfallen. Noch ist nicht klar, ob Jobs in Österreich betroffen sind.

Huawei Technologies Co.’s ambitions to create more powerful chips for AI and smartphones have hit major snags because of US sanctions, stalling a major Chinese effort to match American technology.

European stocks and the euro have all slumped since the US election as investors bet Trump’s policies will hit the continent hard.

882 der insgesamt 960 Beschäftigten der TCG Unitech in Kirchdorf sind laut Betriebsrat beim Frühwarnsystem des Arbeitsmarktservice zur Kündigung angemeldet worden. In Losenstein (Bezirk Steyr-Land) sind weitere 100 Jobs bei Freudenberg Sealing Technologies in Gefahr.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says he wants to wait and see what policies the incoming Trump administration will implement before the central bank forecasts what it means for the economy.

The Federal Reserve is likely to pause its interest-rate cuts after December to assess the economic impact of policies under President-elect Donald Trump, Karen Ward, chief market strategist for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at JPMorgan Asset Management, said.

The European Central Bank should cut interest rates far enough to ensure they are no longer constraining economic growth, Governing Council member Fabio Panetta said.

Funding for European artificial intelligence startups, while still less than a quarter of US figures, hit a record high this year thanks to massive investments in newcomers building chatbots and self-driving cars.

Key European countries may need to double defense spending to meet the challenge of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine as well as the possibility of less American support in a Donald Trump presidency, according to a Bloomberg Intelligence report.

European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos warned that high levels of sovereign debt could prevent governments from addressing long-term economic challenges and consign them to low growth.

Economists have given up hope that Germany can avoid a second consecutive year of shrinking output, according to a Bloomberg survey.

European Central Bank Governing Council member Joachim Nagel sees the threat of a further fragmentation of the global economy, which could present central banks with new challenges in the form of higher or more volatile inflation.

The Republican sweep of the presidency and Congress has transformed what could have been a struggle to merely renew Donald Trump’s tax cuts into a multi-pronged campaign to slash levies in new and bigger ways.

Traders pared back their expectations for an interest-rate cut in December and policy-sensitive US yields jumped after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said economic resilience gives officials room to ease more carefully.

The euro area’s economic growth will pick up as obstacles to consumption and investment fade away, though geopolitics poses an increasing threat, according to the European Commission.

China’s economy showed encouraging signs as retail sales grew at the strongest pace in eight months, indicating Beijing’s recent stimulus efforts have boosted some key sectors.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the recent performance of the US economy has been “remarkably good,” giving central bankers room to lower interest rates at a careful pace.

Global oil markets face a surplus of more than 1 million barrels a day next year as Chinese demand continues to falter, cushioning prices against turmoil in the Middle East and beyond, the International Energy Agency said.

China’s economy likely gained momentum last month, with early indicators pointing to a rebound after the government began rolling out stimulus measures in late September.

Several Federal Reserve officials Wednesday reiterated their deep uncertainty over how far the central bank will need to lower interest rates, highlighting the difficulty policymakers face in trying to determine the right setting to keep the economy on an even keel.

What had been a steady decline is definitely stuck, and it’s feeding through into higher expectations for interest rates next year.