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Despite the varied economic performance across the 20-country common currency bloc, the challenges stemming from high inflation persist. The Eurozone is grappling with a significant economic downturn, as recent data indicate a sharp drop in inflation and a contraction in the region’s economy. According to a preliminary report published Tuesday by Eurostat, the European Union statistics agency, inflation across the region plummeted to a two-year low of 2.9% in October, marking a...

Stocks in Europe and Asia have risen in response to the debt ceiling increase approved by lawmakers in the US. Stocks in Europe opened higher today after the US Senate approved a bill to suspend the government’s debt ceiling. Following a 63-36 vote, US lawmakers agreed to raise the debt ceiling to prevent the country’s first-ever debt default. Congress has now sent the approval to President Joe Biden for assent. As of 9:30 am London time this morning, the STOXX Europe 600 climbed 0.7%...

Inflation in the Euro zone has fallen to 6.1% as individual countries are also recording reductions. However, Lagarde plans more rate hikes. Euro zone inflation has dropped in May, with a steeper plunge than analysts and observers expected. Flash figures show that headline inflation, which was 7% in April, fell to 6.1% in May. This is the lowest recorded figure since February 2022. According to a Reuters poll, economics had set the May figure at 6.3%. Core inflation, minus food and...

After much thought, the ECB has increased interest rates by 50 basis points to stem sustainably high inflation.  The European Central Bank (ECB) recently hiked interest rates by another half a percentage point following today’s Frankfurt meeting. The ECB’s latest rate hike comes amid financial woes in the US and European banking sectors, with stocks taking a hammering. However, the Eurosystem’s banking arm deemed the increase necessary in a press release earlier today. The publication...

The cost of living crisis was a major challenge for the region this year as it attempted to bring down energy costs. As the year is wrapping up, the efforts of the European Central Bank (ECB) to curtail the growing surge in inflation within the Eurozone seem to be yielding good fruits. Preliminary readings from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, show that inflation is pegged at 10%, a figure that is lower than the 10.6% reported in October this year.Despite the slowing...

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Christine Lagarde – the president of the European Central Bank – has issued a warning about cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and Ethereum, calling them highly speculative and saying that they are “suspicious.” Lagarde: Crypto Is NOT Cash! Bitcoin and digital assets have shot up like crazy over the past year. The idea is that these assets are becoming hedge tools against inflation and other economic problems caused by the current presidential administration and ongoing...

ECB President Christine Lagarde has expressed her thoughts on BTC in a recent interview, claiming the asset needs to be regulated on a “global level.”Christine Lagarde: Bitcoin Must Be Globally RegulatedIn her opinion, bitcoin has given people open doorways to numerous financial crimes such as money laundering. Thus, without global regulation in play, these doors can never be closed. She mentioned that bitcoin is not a currency. Instead, it is a rather “highly speculative asset which has...

Digital won will pass extensive testing by the Bank of Korea staff. Per the official announcement, the program will last until December 2021.South Korean businesses and officials were talking about the government-backed stablecoins since December 2018. The Central Bank was hiring different industry experts. The experts prepare research on the CBDC related progress in other countries. Also, they propose own legal initiatives to improve the project. Now the Central Bank seems to be working...

The market bounce at the beginning of the week was partly driven by expectations that the Federal Reserve would step in to mitigate the coronavirus impact by cutting the key interest rates.Stocks made quite of a ricochet yesterday after their worst week since the financial crisis back in 2008. The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its best gain in more than 10 years mostly boosted by the expectation that the Fed will lower interest rates.Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped over 1,290 points...