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Die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) senkt nach der geldpolitischen Wende im Juni abermals ihren zentralen Leitzins. Der für die Finanzmärkte maßgebliche Einlagesatz wurde um 0,25 Prozentpunkte auf 3,5 Prozent nach unten gesetzt, teilte die EZB am Donnerstag in Frankfurt mit. Wie es im Oktober weitergeht, ließen die Währungshüter um EZB-Chefin Christine Lagarde offen.

Die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) ist die Zentralbank der Mitgliedstaaten der Europäischen Union, die den Euro eingeführt haben. Unsere vorrangige Aufgabe ist es, Preisstabilität im Euroraum zu gewährleisten und so die Kaufkraft der gemeinsamen Währung zu erhalten.

Die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) ist die Zentralbank der Mitgliedstaaten der Europäischen Union, die den Euro eingeführt haben. Unsere vorrangige Aufgabe ist es, Preisstabilität im Euroraum zu gewährleisten und so die Kaufkraft der gemeinsamen Währung zu erhalten.

Morgan Stanley sees the euro sliding toward parity with the dollar within months on the risk markets move to price in more aggressive policy easing by the European Central Bank to tackle a faltering economy.

Goldman Sachs says weaker economic growth will lead both the European Central Bank and the Bank of England to cut interest rates at a faster pace than it previously expected.

Morgan Stanley sees the euro sliding toward parity with the dollar within months on the risk markets move to price in more aggressive policy easing by the European Central Bank to tackle a faltering economy.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz joined Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in calling for the European Union to drop its plan to impose extra tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, potentially undercutting the bloc’s primary tool for pushing back against Beijing’s state-backed industry.

China has strongly advised its carmakers to make sure advanced electric vehicle technology stays in the country, people familiar with the matter said, even as they build factories around the world to escape punitive tariffs on Chinese exports.

Underlying US inflation unexpectedly picked up in August on higher prices for housing and travel, undercutting the chances of an outsize Federal Reserve interest-rate cut next week.

Former US President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris met for their first debate in Philadelphia on Tuesday, in what could be their most-watched event before Election Day. They clashed over abortion, immigration and foreign relations. When it came to economic policy, they traded barbs over tariffs, inflation and energy proposals. Here are the candidates’ economic statements fact-checked.

Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump sparred through their first debate, with the former president often on the defensive over abortion rights, the January 6 insurrection and on foreign policy.

Traders in the US interest-rate options market are still betting on at least one super-sized Federal Reserve interest-rate cut this year — just probably not before the Nov. 5 US election.

US households’ inflation-adjusted incomes rose last year for the first time since 2019, yet they still have not fully recovered to pre-pandemic levels.

Nach den Grünen fordert nun auch die Mietervereinigung Maßnahmen gegen die gestiegenen Mieten. Konkret schwebt der Vereinigung eine Begrenzung der Wohnkostenbelastung auf 25 Prozent des verfügbaren Einkommens bis 2030 vor.

A deepening selloff in Chinese stocks is exacerbating a crisis of confidence in the world’s second-largest economy, heaping pressure on policymakers to halt the downward spiral.

China hawks in the US House overcame a last-ditch lobbying effort and passed legislation Monday night that would blacklist Chinese biotech companies and their US subsidiaries.

China’s exports unexpectedly accelerated in August, reaching their highest value in nearly two years and providing a rare boost to an economy weighed down by deflationary pressures.

Das schwedische Start-up gilt als Hoffnung in der Batteriezellproduktion. Doch die Skalierung der Herstellung funktioniert noch nicht. Jetzt baut das Management Personal ab und stellt Standorte zum Verkauf.

China's exports have been a bright spot in an economy otherwise struggling to boost domestic demand.

Deflation stalking China since last year is now showing signs of spiraling, threatening to worsen the outlook for the world’s second-largest economy and raising calls for immediate policy action.

The European Central Bank will probably cut interest rates on Thursday in a prelude to a US move the following week, as the global monetary cycle tilts toward more synchronized easing.

Euro-zone consumers aren’t rushing to open their wallets — prompting some to ask whether the economic recovery they were supposed to spearhead will ever arrive.

The seemingly unstoppable stock market rally is wobbling as it confronts a horde of challenges to the momentum that’s taken it from record high to record high.

Former European Central Bank President Mario Draghi called on the EU to invest as much as €800 billion ($884 billion) extra a year to make the bloc more competitive and to commit to the regular issuance of common bonds to compete with China and the US.

China on Monday reported its consumer price index rose by 0.6% year on year in August, missing expectations.

The latest snapshot of the US labor market left open the possibility the Federal Reserve will go big as it begins cutting interest rates, though two key officials on Friday stopped short of endorsing such a move at their meeting this month.