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The Banque de France publishes a range of monthly and quarterly economic surveys...
ECB imposes three penalties for a total amount of €1.24 million for breaching...
Co-signed op-ed by François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Banque de France...
The Governing Council today decided to lower the three key ECB interest rates by...
Francfort-sur-le-Main, le 17 avril 2025 Christine Lagarde, President of the E...
Post No.374. Urban heat islands (UHIs) are a phenomenon that affects cities...
Current account recorded €34 billion surplus in February 2025, down from €40 ...
Credit standards for loans to firms tightened slightly further, and net loan ...
In the week ending 11 April 2025 the net position of the Eurosystem in foreign c...
Firms reported declining interest rates on bank loans, while indicating a sli...
Post No.373. When interest rate uncertainty rises, euro area firms reduce t...
In the week ending 4 April 2025 the increase of EUR 130 billion in gold and gold...
Post No.372. Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, the Nationa...
Current account surplus at €426 billion (2.8% of euro area GDP) in 2024, afte...
Households' financial investment increased at broadly unchanged annual rate o...