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France’s economy contracted at the end of last year as tailwinds from the Paris Olympics faded and a government collapse bruised confidence among businesses and consumers.

The European Central Bank is set to lower interest rates for a fifth meeting as inflation that’s nearing the 2% target lets officials further loosen the shackles on the economy.

ESG fund managers are facing one of the toughest moments in the strategy’s history, as investment clients pull record amounts of money.

The Fed is expected to hold rates steady at its first committee meeting of 2025, bracing for new policies and criticism from Trump.

Trotz der Inflation sind in ganz Salzburg die Immobilienpreise innerhalb der vergangenen drei Jahre stark gesunken, in der Stadt Salzburg sogar um ein Viertel.

Traders are betting the European Central Bank will have to adopt a more aggressive approach to cutting interest rates as the risk of US tariffs and political turmoil in the region weighs on the bloc’s economy.

Several websites selling Trump-branded products have started to accept the Trump memecoin for payment, in an effort to win over more of the president’s supporters.

Die Regierung von US-Präsident Donald Trump hat mit Dienstag eine drastische Haushaltssperre verhängen wollen. Staatliche Zuschüsse und Darlehen der unterschiedlichsten Art sollten bis auf Weiteres eingestellt werden. Was im Detail davon betroffen sein würde, blieb unklar – umso größer war bei vielen die Verunsicherung. Kurz vor Inkrafttreten stoppte ein Gericht die Maßnahme zumindest für den Moment.

The European Union is proposing a phased ban on imports of Russian aluminum as part of a broad sanctions package ahead of the third anniversary of the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, according to people familiar with the matter.

Newly released transcripts from the Federal Reserve show just how much policymakers were scrambling to keep growth intact in 2019.

Germany’s industry lobby reckons Europe’s biggest economy will shrink for a third straight year in 2025, contracting 0.1%.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen sought to drum up support from European allies to stand up to Donald Trump’s efforts to appropriate Greenland, as she tried to project unity while avoiding antagonizing the US president.

The dollar strengthened against all of its peers on Tuesday as comments from President Donald Trump and his Treasury Secretary stoked concern about widespread US trade tariffs.

Higher valuations and subsiding volatility are laying the groundwork for a significant increase in initial public offerings in Europe this year, according to PitchBook.

President Donald Trump said he wants to enact across-the-board tariffs that are “much bigger” than 2.5%, the latest in a string of major signals Monday that he’s preparing widespread levies to reshape US supply chains.

The industry’s most powerful people were front and center at Trump’s inauguration, and each of them is hoping for something more than just an invitation to the kickoff party for the new administration.

Hong Kong, London and San Francisco are among at least half a dozen major cities where prime residential property prices are headed for a drop this year as borrowing costs weigh on sentiment, according to Savills Plc.

Mean reversion in markets is far from guaranteed in a world of economic dispersion and tech exceptionalism.

Arthur Mensch is the public face of French AI champion Mistral, but another startup’s CEO has been critical to its $6 billion valuation

Nvidia Corp.’s plunge, fueled by investor concern about Chinese artificial-intelligence startup DeepSeek, erased a record amount of stock-market value from the world’s largest company.

Nvidia Corp. and ASML Holding NV shares plunged early Monday as Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek appeared to provide comparable performance to Western chatbots at a fraction of the price.

The euro-area economy’s sub-par performance is convincing the European Central Bank that it can further loosen the shackles on growth by lowering interest rates for a fourth straight meeting this week.

DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup that’s just over a year old, has stirred awe and consternation in Silicon Valley after demonstrating breakthrough artificial intelligence models that offer comparable performance to the world’s best chatbots at seemingly a fraction of the cost.

US stock index futures tumbled in Asian trading hours Monday amid concerns that an artificial intelligence model from China’s DeepSeek may disrupt the technology world.

Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek rocked global technology stocks Monday, raising questions over America’s technological dominance.

In the space of several hours that rattled global markets, US President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on Colombia before abruptly pulling the threat after reaching a deal on the return of deported migrants.

Investors are heading into yet another pivotal Big Tech earnings cycle with the companies’ shares near record highs and valuations stretched. A key distinction this time: The group’s profit growth is projected to come in at the slowest pace in almost two years.

Global inflation hasn’t yet died and advanced economies outside China can’t be complacent at a time of fickle consumers and trade tensions, according to the last Davos panel of 2025.

France is calling for a major reworking of European regulations, starting with ESG rules, as the bloc struggles to revive its competitiveness against a backdrop of sweeping deregulation across the Atlantic driven by US President Donald Trump.