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A woman pushes her shopping trolley as she leaves a Carrefour supermarket in Drancy. Photo: Bertrand Guay / AFP

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Prices soaring everywhere: how inflation affects the price of everyday products

Inflation jumped after countries emerged from Covid lockdowns and it has soared since Russia invaded Ukraine, with the IMF expecting consumer prices to rise by 8.3 percent globally this year.

2 months ago

The ECB headquarters viewed from through the structure of a bridge in Frankfurt, western Germany. Photo: Daniel Roland / AFP

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‘Going big’: ECB’s new crisis tool to ease bond stress

The ECB has unveiled a new crisis-fighting tool to counter an "unwarranted" jump in borrowing costs for more indebted eurozone governments as it hikes its interest rates for the first time in over a decade.

4 months ago

The Nord Stream 1 pipeline can ship 55 billion cubic metres of gas per year. Photo: John MacDougall / AFP

The Nord Stream 1 pipeline can ship 55 b... […]

Economy, Energy, Infographic, Videos

Nord Stream 1: Russian pipeline leaving Europe on edge

For over a decade, the Nord Stream 1 pipeline reliably shipped natural gas from Russia to Europe -- until the war in Ukraine sent tensions soaring.

4 months ago

Euro banknotes in Dortmund, western Germany. Photo: Ina Fassbender / AFP

Euro banknotes in Dortmund, western Germ... […]

Economy, Eurozone, Infographic, Video 3D

Winners and losers of the ECB’s rate hike

The European Central Bank is set to turn the page on years of easy money when it begins to hike its interest rates to tame runaway inflation. Who wins and loses when borrowing costs go up?

4 months ago

The headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. Photo: Daniel Roland / AFP

The headquarters of the European Central... […]

Economy, Eurozone, Infographic, Video 3D

ECB goes on offensive as inflation pressure mounts

The European Central Bank will raise its interest rates on Thursday for the first time in over a decade, but the bank is already under pressure to do more amid record inflation.

4 months ago

A euro coin on US banknotes. Photo: Philippe Huguen / AFP

A euro coin on US banknotes. Photo: Phil... […]

Economy, Eurozone, Infographic, Video 3D

The consequences of the euro’s fall against the dollar

The euro fell below $1.01 this week to its lowest level in 20 years. Here are the concrete consequences of the decline in the value of the single European currency.

5 months ago

A customer shops for food items at a supermarket in east London. Photo: Daniel Leal / AFP

A customer shops for food items at a sup... […]

Economy, Eurozone, Infographic, Video 3D

How long will it take to get over the inflation hump?

Inflation has surged back to levels not seen in many developed economies since the 1970s and 1980s. Economists and central bankers at the European Cental Bank's conference in Portugal warn it will take time before price rises cool.

5 months ago

Christine Lagarde speaks during the European Central Bank's Governing Council meeting in Amsterdam. Photo: John Thys / AFP

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ECB gears up for ‘series’ of rate hikes to fight inflation

The European Central Bank has ended its bond-buying stimulus and unveiled plans for a series of interest rate hikes from July, the first in more than a decade, to combat soaring inflation

6 months ago

A Ukrainian serviceman stands by the remains of a shopping mall in Kyiv on March 21, 2022 after a Russian attack. Photo: Aris Messinis / AFP

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Ukraine war sparking turmoil for world economy: EBRD

The Ukraine war has major economic consequences for energy, food, inflation and poverty, according to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The EBRD's chief economist spoke to AFP about the fallout from Russia's invasion

8 months ago

"Let's not turn the European funds into a partisan question... which is what the opposition wants," Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said. Photo: Javier Soriano / AFP

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Coronavirus, Economy, Health, Infographic

Tension in Spain over use of EU recovery funds

The Spanish government is increasingly under fire over its use of the EU's massive economic recovery funds, with critics blasting the distribution of aid as too slow and arbitrary

10 months ago

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Prices soaring everywhere: how inflation affects the price of everyday products

‘Going big’: ECB’s new crisis tool to ease bond stress

Nord Stream 1: Russian pipeline leaving Europe on edge

Winners and losers of the ECB’s rate hike

ECB goes on offensive as inflation pressure mounts

The consequences of the euro’s fall against the dollar

How long will it take to get over the inflation hump?

ECB gears up for ‘series’ of rate hikes to fight inflation

Ukraine war sparking turmoil for world economy: EBRD

Tension in Spain over use of EU recovery funds

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