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European consumers are ready to drop U.S. products, survey finds

By Alexander Weber and Bloomberg

Christine Lagarde gives a speech

ECB drops interest rates in Europe, but remains cautious on inflation: ‘Are we today moving into a dialing-back phase? I wouldn’t volunteer that’

By Jana Randow, Mark Schroers, and others

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks to reporters outside of the West Wing following a meeting with US President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, DC.

Belgium is racking up debt as fast as the U.S.—but without the benefit of the dollar

By Craig Stirling, Alexander Weber, and others

Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell says a half-point interest rate hike is on the table

By Craig Torres, Alexander Weber, and others

31 May 2021, Saxony, Dresden: During a press tour of Bosch’s new semiconductor factory, an associate stands in the clean room at a machine for mounting 300-millimeter wafers. The chip factory will officially go into operation on June 7, 2021. Photo: Robert Michael/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa (Photo by Robert Michael/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Chips, paper, plastic: widespread shortages are denting Germany’s growth

By Alexander Weber, Francine Lacqua, and others

Arrows point towards vaccination booths in the Covid-19 vaccine center, set up inside the former Tegel Airport, in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants a gradual reopening of shuttered stores and hotels next month, as long as the coronavirus infection rate continues to fall and reaches manageable levels. Photographer: Kay Nietfeld/DPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The EU’s flawed vaccine rollout will stymie growth in 2021, new forecast reveals

By Alexander Weber and Bloomberg

CANNES, FRANCE – JANUARY 13: People get vaccinated against COVID-19 at the Cannes Palace of Festivals and Conferences on January 13, 2021 in Cannes, France. The Cannes Palace of Festivals and Conferences, the flagship for the Cannes Film Festival, has been converted into a vaccination centre. (Photo by Arnold Jerocki/Getty Images)

EU’s slow vaccine roll out risks 100 billion euros in extended lockdowns and lost growth

By Alexander Weber and Bloomberg

A tariff spat between the United States and France is getting nastier with the Trump Administration reportedly planning to slap levies on French handbags, wine and cheese in retaliation for France’s digital tax plans. Wire photography: Edward Berthelot—Getty Images

French handbags, wine and cheese are on Trump’s tariff list as the fight over digital taxes escalates

By Jenny Leonard, Saleha Mohsin, and others

Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), is displayed on a mobile phone during a live stream video of the central bank’s virtual rate decision news conference in Frankfurt, Germany on Thursday, June 4, 2020. The ECB said it would fight the coronavirus recession with a bigger-than-anticipated increase to its emergency bond-buying program.

‘Action had to be taken:’ ECB stuns the markets with a new €600 billion spending plan

By Alexander Weber, Carolynn Look, and others

Germany plunged into recession in the first quarter.

Germany sunk into recession in the first quarter as lockdowns began, government says

By Bloomberg and Alexander Weber

View of the nearly desolate piazza in front of Rome’s famed Pantheon, a tourist hotspot. On Wednesday, the European Commission released 2020 GDP forecast for the euro zone, showing an historic recession is likely. Wire photography: Andrea Ronchini—NurPhoto via Getty Images

Emerging from lockdown, the euro zone faces an economic collapse of ‘historic proportions’

By Alexander Weber, Viktoria Dendrinou, and others