• February 29 2024
  European inflation falls but sticky services costs raise doubts for ECB

  Central bank faces quandary over when to cut interest rates despite price drops in Germany and France

  
• February 25 2024
  Will eurozone inflation continue to drop?

  Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

  
• February 20 2024
  EU employment

  Eurozone collective wage growth slows for first time since 2022

  Decline unlikely to assuage inflation concerns and speed up rate cuts, say economists

  
• February 16 2024
  Productivity boost needed to keep inflation low, says ECB policymaker

  Germany’s Isabel Schnabel says monetary policy should ‘remain restrictive’ for now

  
• February 15 2024
  Eurozone economy

  EU cuts growth and inflation forecasts for 2024

  Eurozone GDP and output figures revised down while inflation expected to halve from last year’s highs

  
• February 13 2024
  German economy

  Investors upbeat about economic rebound in Germany this year

  Optimistic outlook contrasts with gloomy current view of the EU’s largest economy, ZEW survey finds

  
• February 12 2024
  ExplainerCentral banks

  How low will rates go? The hunt for the elusive ‘neutral’ level

  Economists debate whether the real interest rate seen as key to balancing economies has risen from pre-Covid lows

  
• February 10 2024
  Eurozone interest rates

  Italy central bank chief says time for interest rate cuts is ‘fast approaching’

  Fabio Panetta says eurozone inflation is falling faster than expected

  
• February 7 2024
  European Central Bank

  Lower borrowing costs risk ‘flare-up’ of inflation, warns ECB policymaker

  Isabel Schnabel says ‘last mile remains a concern’ in battle to bring inflation down to 2%

  
• February 7 2024
  Economists Exchange

  Isabel Schnabel: ‘The last mile of disinflation may be the most difficult one’

  The ECB board member on combating price rises, the effect of climate change on costs and the importance of money supply

  
• February 1 2024
  Eurozone inflation slows to 2.8% in January

  Unchanged rate of growth for services prices could make ECB rate-setters cautious about interest rate cuts

  
• January 31 2024
  Falling German and French inflation fuels hope of interest rate cuts

  Price pressures in eurozone’s two largest economies ease thanks to lower energy and goods inflation

  
• January 28 2024
  News in-depth

  Why the ECB should still be worried about wages

  Economists think central bankers need to wait for hard data before cutting interest rates

  
• January 25 2024
  European Central Bank

  Lagarde says ‘disinflation process is at work’

  ECB president says rapid wage growth is showing signs of slowing in the eurozone as central bank holds rates at 4%

  
• January 25 2024
  Free LunchMartin Sandbu

  Lies, damned lies, and year-on-year inflation rates Premium content

  Don’t fall for the ‘disinflation wobble’ scare

  
• January 24 2024
  Purchasing managers' index

  Eurozone downturn eases but rising price pressures add to ECB worries

  Deeper downturn in French and German business activity offsets improvement in rest of the single currency zone

  
• January 24 2024
  Sovereign bonds

  Investors pile into peripheral eurozone bonds in hunt for yield

  Spread between Italian and German debt narrows as traditional core-periphery dividing lines fade

  
• January 23 2024
  News in-depthEuropean Central Bank

  ‘Once bitten, twice shy’: why the ECB is likely to play for time on rate cuts

  Eurozone bank’s governing council is expected to leave monetary policy on hold in Thursday’s meeting

  
• January 19 2024
  European wage demands could stymie early rate cuts, analysts warn

  Coming months of pay deals will be critical in determining when policymakers can start easing interest rates

  
• January 18 2024
  German economy

  German union pay demand of 21% raises inflation fears

  Construction workers seek wage increase that could delay interest rate cuts by the European Central Bank, economists warn

  
• January 18 2024
  European Central Bank

  ECB concerned market bets on rate cuts risk derailing disinflation

  Minutes show policymakers decided to push back against market expectations of early loosening

  
• January 17 2024
  Markets

  Global stocks drop as hopes fade for early rate cuts

  ECB’s Lagarde says eurozone borrowing costs likely to fall in summer, later than markets expected

  
• January 16 2024
  ECB resists spring interest rate cut as price expectations ease

  Eurozone consumer inflation expectations decline to lowest level since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

  
• January 15 2024
  German economy

  Germany was worst-performing major economy last year

  Rising rates and high energy costs contributed to 0.3% contraction that points to fourth-quarter decline in eurozone

  
• January 5 2024
  Eurozone inflation rises to 2.9% in December

  Price increase raises questions over how soon ECB will start cutting interest rates