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EU · Aug 17, 2026 · 5 min read
Five European Central Bank economists published a post on The ECB Blog on 17 August arguing that a correction in US technology…
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EU · Aug 15, 2026 · 6 min read
Pony.ai and Uber announced plans for more than 2,000 robotaxis across five European cities on 13 August 2026, with the expanded partnership…
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EU · Aug 15, 2026 · 4 min read
Euro area growth held at 0.4 percent in the second quarter while the EU energy trade deficit widened to 30.4 billion euros…
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EU · Aug 11, 2026 · 4 min read
Wall Street closed lower for a second straight session on Tuesday, the last before US inflation data, as a failed rebound in…
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EU · Aug 10, 2026 · 4 min read
Wall Street stalled on Monday as a 5 percent surge in oil revived the inflation question two days before US consumer price…
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EU · Aug 8, 2026 · 3 min read
Services production rose 0.8 percent in both the euro area and the European Union in May 2026 against April, and 2.4 percent…
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EU · Aug 7, 2026 · 5 min read
Wall Street closed the week higher on Friday, with technology stocks leading a rally that built through the session after a surprisingly…
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EU · Aug 6, 2026 · 4 min read
US stocks were mixed on Thursday as investors positioned for Friday's July jobs report, with the Dow lagging while the Nasdaq held…
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EU · Aug 6, 2026 · 4 min read
An article in the European Central Bank's Economic Bulletin puts a number on something usually described only in adjectives. Uncertainty shocks, the…
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EU · Aug 5, 2026 · 4 min read
US stocks paused on Wednesday after two days of strong gains, with technology slipping while the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged higher,…
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EU · Aug 5, 2026 · 3 min read
The Eurosystem balance sheet stood at 5,941.2 billion euros on 31 July, down 2.8 billion on the week, the European Central Bank…
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EU · Aug 4, 2026 · 4 min read
US stocks surged on Tuesday, with technology leading a broad advance, even as crude oil fell more than 5 percent for a…
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Five European Central Bank economists published a post on The ECB Blog on 17 August arguing that a correction in US technology valuations should be expected, and the argument does not rest on the claim that today’s prices are wrong. The authors write that economic research on past technological revolutions points to what they call…
Pony.ai and Uber announced plans for more than 2,000 robotaxis across five European cities on 13 August 2026, with the expanded partnership also covering the Middle East.
Euro area growth held at 0.4 percent in the second quarter while the EU energy trade deficit widened to 30.4 billion euros in June from 23.8 billion a year earlier.
Wall Street closed lower for a second straight session on Tuesday, the last before US inflation data, as a failed rebound in chip stocks pulled the Nasdaq down 0.60 percent to 26,445.45, with the S&P 500 off 0.32 percent at 7,728.20 and the Dow Jones down 0.34 percent at 53,791.85, per CNBC. Europe closed mixed…
Wall Street stalled on Monday as a 5 percent surge in oil revived the inflation question two days before US consumer price data, pulling Treasury yields higher and taking the shine off Friday’s jobs-report rally. The Nasdaq Composite slipped 0.32 percent, the S&P 500 closed near flat, down 0.06 percent, and the Dow Jones eased…
Services production rose 0.8 percent in both the euro area and the European Union in May 2026 against April, and 2.4 percent in both against May 2025, Eurostat reported on 7 August in release 4-07082026-AP. The April figures were left unrevised at plus 0.7 percent for the euro area and plus 0.3 percent for the…
Wall Street closed the week higher on Friday, with technology stocks leading a rally that built through the session after a surprisingly weak US jobs report faded expectations of another Federal Reserve rate increase. The Nasdaq Composite jumped 1.30 percent, the S&P 500 rose 0.62 percent and the Dow Jones added 0.28 percent, per CNBC,…
US stocks were mixed on Thursday as investors positioned for Friday’s July jobs report, with the Dow lagging while the Nasdaq held near flat, and Europe closed mostly higher, while oil surged and Treasury yields rose. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.85 percent, the S&P 500 slipped 0.18 percent and the Nasdaq Composite was…
An article in the European Central Bank’s Economic Bulletin puts a number on something usually described only in adjectives. Uncertainty shocks, the authors find, subtracted around 0.4 percentage points from real GDP growth in the period from the first quarter of 2025 to the first quarter of 2026. The article, “The cost of not knowing:…
US stocks paused on Wednesday after two days of strong gains, with technology slipping while the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged higher, as gold extended its surge and oil steadied. The Nasdaq Composite eased 0.83 percent and the S&P 500 slipped 0.17 percent, while the Dow added 0.49 percent to 54,349.12, per CNBC. Europe closed…