Eurozone Inflation Climbs to 3.8% in September
Euro area annual inflation rose to 3.8% in September 2026, up from 3.2% in August, according to Eurostat — a sharp increase compared with the 2.2% recorded a year earlier. Energy and services were the largest contributor…
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Eurozone Inflation Climbs to 3.8% in September
Euro area annual inflation rose to 3.8% in September 2026, up from 3.2% in August, according to Eurostat — a sharp increase compared with the 2.2% rec…
Eurozone Construction Output Falls 1.3% in June
Eurostat's first estimates show seasonally adjusted construction production in the euro area fell 1.3% in June 2026 compared with May, with specialise…
Eurozone Inflation Climbs to 3.8% in September
Euro area annual inflation is expected to reach 3.8% in September 2026, up from 3.2% in August, driven largely by a sharp acceleration in energy prices, according to a flash estimate from Eurostat. The full set of harmon…
ECB: AI Already Reshaping Europe's Economy
European Central Bank Executive Board member Philip R. Lane has described artificial intelligence as a general purpose technology with the potential t…
ECB Calls for Simpler Rules in EU Banking
ECB Vice-President Boris Vujčić has made the case for simplifying Europe's banking regulatory framework, arguing that complexity burdens banks without…
Eurozone Unemployment Holds at 6.4% in July 2026
The euro area unemployment rate remained stable at 6.4% in July 2026, according to Eurostat, though it edged up from 6.3% recorded in the same month a year earlier. Some 11.264 million people in the euro area were withou…
How ‘egalitarian’ Sweden became more comfortable with wealth
After the end of its wealth tax came a newfound ‘wealth porn’.…
Germany Weighs the Return of Coal as Energy Security Concerns Mount
Germany, long committed to phasing out coal-fired power generation, has faced renewed pressure to reconsider that trajectory following disruptions to …
Spain's Fishing Sector Faces Key EU Negotiations
Spain's Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Luis Planas met with representatives of the fishing and aquaculture sector on 4 September 2026 to address pressing challenges, including EU quota negotiations for 2027 and the r…
