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European Central Bank hikes interest rates, fuelling recession fears

ECB chief Christine Lagarde notes concerns but warns of further hikes to tackle soaring eurozone inflation

The Guardian - UK

ECB warns of 'looming recession'

FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank announced another jumbo interest rate hike on Thursday and said further increases would follow to combat soaring inflation, even as its president, Christine Lagarde, warned a eurozone recession was looming.

Bangkok Post

Eurozone rocked by record inflation as prices soar 10 percent

Eurozone consumer prices skyrocketed by a record 10 percent in September, according to official data released on Friday. Inflation has reached double digits on the back of soaring energy prices caused by Russia's war on Ukraine.

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Fed's Powell urges broader regulation for stablecoins

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that stablecoins will need greater regulation as they become more widely used by consumers

The Independent UK

Central bankers talk tough, but they can’t fight inflation like this

Raising rates has no effect when the things that are rising in price the fastest, such as fuel and food, are essential purchases

The Guardian - UK

ECB delivers record-setting rate hike

FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank (ECB) announced the largest interest rate increase in its history on Thursday and said there were more to come as it scrambles to pull inflation down from record heights.

Bangkok Post

ECB makes biggest rate hike in eurozone history lifting rates by 0.75%

European Central Bank intensifies its fight against inflation but euro falls under parity with the dollar

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Steal Their Style: We spotted the most stylish shoppers this week sporting outfits from M&S, Primark and Topshop - and one was only £25

Fashion-enthusiast Bethan Shufflebotham took to Deansgate, Market Street and the Northern Quarter to scout out the best-dressed shoppers and picked up insighful style advice along the way

Manchester Evening News

Yellen downplays US recession as wave of economic data looms

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the U.S. economy is slowing but pointed to healthy hiring as proof that it is not yet in recession

The Independent UK

ECB hikes interest rates for the first time in more than a decade as outlook darkens

The European Central Bank brought an end to the era of negative interest rates in the eurozone, with a bigger than expected half-point hike, intended to combat soaring inflation. ECB President Christine Lagarde has warned of a darkening economic outlook.

Radio France Internationale

ECB hikes interest rates by 0.5% in its first rise in 11 years

Move will add pressure on Bank of England to follow suit

Evening Standard

Europe's central bank to join global push for higher rates

The European Central Bank is ready to join the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of England in a global rush to raise interest rates and put a lid on galloping inflation

The Independent UK

Interest rates: the three central banks facing one tricky balancing act

In the fight against inflation the ECB, Bank of England and Federal Reserve risk either doing too much too soon, or too little too late

The Guardian - UK

Italy political turmoil a headache for Europe's central bank

Italy's political turmoil is making life harder for the European Central Bank as it hikes interest rates and raising bad memories of the eurozone debt crisis a decade ago

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The Independent UK

European Central Bank head targeted in cyberattack attempt

The European Central Bank says its president, Christine Lagarde, was targeted in an attempted cyberattack but no information was compromised

Reuters

'Amazing journey': EU accepts Croatia as 20th eurozone member

European Union finance ministers on Tuesday formally approved Croatia becoming the 20th member of the euro common currency at the start of 2023, a move hailed as the culmination of an "amazing journey" for a Balkan nation once at war.

The Guardian - UK

Global markets post worst first-half performance in decades – as it happened

US stocks have recorded their worst first half in more than 50 years as central bank attempts to slow inflation sparks selloff

The Guardian - UK

UK will face worse inflation than other major economies, says Bank governor

Andrew Bailey said inflation would persist for longer than previously expected as petrol prices soar

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The Independent UK

Powell: 'No guarantee' Fed can tame inflation, spare jobs

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said there’s “no guarantee″ the central bank can tame runaway inflation without hurting the job market

The Independent UK

Europe's central bank ready to 'stamp out' surging inflation

The head of the European Central Bank says it will move gradually to combat soaring consumer prices with interest rate hikes in July and September but will keep its options open to “stamp out” inflation if it surges faster than expected

The Guardian - UK

Boots £5bn sale abandoned; Heathrow landing fees to fall; petrol at new record – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

Asharq Al-Awsat

Central Bank Chiefs Meet to Discuss Inflation Challenge

Central bank chiefs and economists gather Monday evening at their annual forum in southern Portugal to discuss the best approach to the inflationary challenges exacerbated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Some 200 delegates will attend the ECB Forum on Central Banking at a luxury hotel in Sintra, west of Lisbon,…

The Guardian - UK

History turns full circle as G7 alarm bells ring over energy once again

First meeting in 1975 grappled with the oil shock – now it is Russia’s war in Ukraine creating angst

The Guardian - UK

Why is the ECB still fiddling over a potential eurozone crisis?

Christine Lagarde is failing to heed the lesson of the last decade: act quickly and act clearly

Newsroom.co.nz

Europe’s path to Mexico’s debt crisis

The writing is on the wall that Europe’s monetary party is about to end, and Southern Europe has remarkable parallels to Mexico and Latin America in the 1980s, writes Oliver Hartwich

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