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Euro zone inflation surges, keeping pressure on ECB to hike

Euro zone inflation surges, keeping pressure on ECB to hike

FRANKFURT, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Euro zone inflation surged more than expected in September and is likely to increase further in the coming months on soaring energy costs, keeping pressure on the European Central Bank to raise interest rates even higher.
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ECB's Rehn says soaring yields may curb inflation impact of expensive energy

ECB's Rehn says soaring yields may curb inflation impact of expensive energy

FRANKFURT, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Energy prices are approaching the European Central Bank's "adverse" scenario, but soaring long-term borrowing costs limit just how much of this inflation can be transmitted through to the broader economy, Finnish central bank chief Olli Rehn said on Friday.
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Euro zone inflation surges more than expected, keeping pressure on ECB to hike rates

Euro zone inflation surges more than expected, keeping pressure on ECB to hike rates

By Balazs Koranyi FRANKFURT, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Euro zone inflation surged more than expected in September and is likely to increase further in the coming months on soaring energy costs, keeping pressure on the European Central Bank to raise interest rates and governments to help struggling consumers
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ECB focuses on inflation, not bond spreads, Nagel says

ECB focuses on inflation, not bond spreads, Nagel says

By Marc Jones LONDON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - European Central Bank policymaker Joachim Nagel said on Thursday the ECB's debt-buying tools are designed to safeguard price stability, not target specific sovereign bond spreads, as a selloff in French government debt fuelled speculation about possible
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Global factory activity boosted by AI spending boom

Global factory activity boosted by AI spending boom

By Leika Kihara and Indradip Ghosh BENGALURU/TOKYO, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Factory activity across Europe and Asia expanded last month as demand, partly boosted by the global AI spending boom, remained strong even as the energy price shock from the Iran war kept inflation elevated, surveys showed on
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Explainer-Why are world bond markets selling off again?

Explainer-Why are world bond markets selling off again?

By Dhara Ranasinghe and Harry Robertson LONDON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Government borrowing costs from the United States to Germany and Japan have hit fresh multi-decade peaks on heightened worries about inflation and rising interest rates, along with nagging anxiety about nations' debt loads.
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Euro zone factory growth accelerates again in September, PMI shows

Euro zone factory growth accelerates again in September, PMI shows

By Indradip Ghosh BENGALURU, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Factory growth in the euro zone continued its upward march in September, hitting its fastest rate in more than four years, as resilient demand drove new orders and output to multi-year highs despite the ongoing Middle East conflict, a survey showed.
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Five French market hot spots on investors' radars

Five French market hot spots on investors' radars

By Amanda Cooper, Harry Robertson and Niket Nishant LONDON, Oct 2 (Reuters) - French markets are under growing pressure from mounting worries about high debt levels and political gridlock as next year's presidential election nears.
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US Treasury yields hit 24-year high as global bond selloff deepens

US Treasury yields hit 24-year high as global bond selloff deepens

By Alun John, Dhara Ranasinghe and Ankur Banerjee LONDON/SINGAPORE, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Global bonds were engulfed by heavy selling again on Thursday sending borrowing costs from the US to France and Japan surging to levels not seen in decades in a warning to policymakers.
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Inflation jumps across euro zone, raising pressure on ECB to hike

Inflation jumps across euro zone, raising pressure on ECB to hike

By Maria Martinez and Balazs Koranyi BERLIN, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Inflation rose far quicker than expected in some of the euro zone's biggest economies this month due to the energy-price shock of the Iran war, increasing pressure on the European Central Bank to raise interest rates again.
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Price expectations and demand key in ECB's next move, Schnabel says

Price expectations and demand key in ECB's next move, Schnabel says

FRANKFURT, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank should closely study a trio of domestic and global factors, which could either boost or ease price pressures, to decide if more interest rate hikes are needed, ECB board member Isabel Schnabel said on Wednesday.
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German inflation hits highest level in almost 3 years

German inflation hits highest level in almost 3 years

By Maria Martinez BERLIN, Sept 30 (Reuters) - German inflation accelerated to its highest level since December 2023 and seasonally adjusted unemployment rose back above 3 million in September, illustrating the challenges still facing Europe's largest economy after a stronger-than-expected first half