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Market Wrap US-Europe 17 August: Stocks Slip as Oil Holds Near 91 and Yields Climb
Wall Street closed lower on Monday as oil held near 91 dollars following the expiry of the 60-day deadline between the United…
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ECB Blog Authors See a US Equity Correction as Likely, With Euro Area Household Tech Exposure at 440 Billion Euros
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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Pony.ai and Uber Plan More Than 2,000 Robotaxis Across Five European Cities
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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Market Wrap US-Europe 14 August: Consumer Sentiment Falls to 51.0 as Longer Treasury Yields Rise
Wall Street ended the week lower in a narrow session, with all three major US indices closing down less than a third…
Read more →Market Wrap US-Europe 13 August: Nasdaq Climbs 0.8 Percent as Core Producer Prices Rise and Europe Slips
Wall Street rallied on Thursday after headline producer prices came in flat, with the Nasdaq Composite climbing 0.81 percent, while European bourses…
Read more →Market Wrap US-Europe 12 August: Nasdaq Climbs 0.5 Percent as US Inflation Eases to 3.4 Percent
Wall Street rose on Wednesday after a softer than expected inflation report, with the Nasdaq Composite up 0.54 percent at 26,588.49 and…
Read more →Market Wrap US-Europe 11 August: Wall Street Slips Before CPI as Oil Climbs Past 89
Wall Street closed lower for a second straight session on Tuesday, the last before US inflation data, as a failed rebound in…
Read more →Market Wrap US-Europe 10 August: Wall Street Stalls as Oil Jumps 5 Percent
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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London House Prices Fell 3.7 Percent, the Only English Region Down
Reports of a Middle East led surge in London’s luxury housing market and the official price data are measuring two different things,…
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European Union Fines Google 890 Million Euros for Breaching Digital Markets Act Rules
The European Commission has fined Alphabet's Google 890 million euros for breaching the European Union's Digital Markets Act, in what stands as…
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UK Inflation Slows to a 15-Month Low of 2.6% Ahead of Next Week’s Bank of England Decision
UK inflation slowed more than expected in June to its lowest level in 15 months, easing pressure on households and reshaping the…
Read more →ECB Survey Shows Euro Area Firms Facing Higher Loan Rates in the Second Quarter of 2026 as Wage and Price Expectations Ease
Euro area companies reported a marked rise in borrowing costs in the second quarter of 2026, according to the European Central Bank's…
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The EU Fines AliExpress 550 Million Euros in Its Biggest Digital Services Act Penalty to Date
The European Commission has fined AliExpress, the online marketplace owned by China's Alibaba Group, 550 million euros for breaching the European Union's…
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Saudi PIF Nears EU Clearance for Its 55 Billion Dollar Electronic Arts Takeover
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and its partners are set to win European Union clearance for their 55 billion dollar acquisition of…
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Market Wrap US-Europe 16 July: Korea’s Rate Shock Reaches Wall Street With the Nasdaq Down 1.5 Percent While the FTSE Rises on 0.7 Percent UK Growth
The escalation's bill crossed the Pacific on Thursday. Wall Street closed lower with the Nasdaq down 1.47 percent at 25,881.95 as the…
Read more →Market Wrap US-Europe 15 July: Wall Street Adds a Second Day of Gains on Soft Producer Prices as the DAX Slips Below 25,000 and Oil Revives the ECB Rate Question
Wall Street kept rallying on disinflation on Wednesday while Europe blinked at oil. The S&P 500 rose 0.38 percent to 7,572.40 and…
Read more →Market Wrap US-Europe 14 July: Stocks Shake Off the Oil Shock as US Consumer Prices Fall 0.4 Percent, Goldman Jumps 9 Percent and IBM Craters 25 Percent
Wall Street closed higher on the coolest monthly US inflation print in six years and a rebound in the chip complex, and…
Read more →Market Wrap US-Europe 13 July: Wall Street Slides as Oil Tops 82 Dollars on the Iran Shipping Blockade While Europe Closes Higher
Wall Street closed lower on Monday under two converging pressures: a global semiconductor selloff that weighed on technology shares, and President Trump's…
Read more →Bank of England Warns of Stretched Markets, AI Financing and Private-Credit Risks in Its Financial Stability Report
The Bank of England warned that high equity-market valuations, a rapid build-up of leverage and fast-growing financing tied to artificial intelligence pose…
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Germany’s 2027 Budget Signals Fiscal Break as Borrowing Tops 203 Billion Euros
Germany's cabinet has approved the draft federal budget for 2027 and the financial plan through 2030, marking one of the clearest fiscal…
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Sky’s Up to £1.6 Billion ITV Deal Creates a New UK Media Giant in the Streaming Era
Comcast-owned Sky has agreed to buy ITV's Media and Entertainment business in a deal worth up to £1.6 billion, creating what is…
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Eurozone Private Sector Stabilises in June as the PMI Returns to the 50 Threshold
The euro area's private sector stopped shrinking in June, as growth in manufacturing offset a still weak services sector and pulled overall…
Read more →Euro-Area Money Supply Growth Picks Up in May as Company Lending Hits a Three-Year High
Euro-area money and credit growth strengthened in May, adding to evidence that liquidity conditions are gradually firming across the bloc. The broad…
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Britain’s Next Prime Minister Faces a Narrow Corridor: Low Growth, High Debt, Fragile Inflation
Britain's next prime minister will inherit an economy that is no longer in acute crisis, but remains boxed in by weak trend…
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