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Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), at a rates decision news conference in Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, June 5, 2025. The ECB lowered interest rates for the eighth time in a year after inflation dipped beneath 2% and the economy suffered repeated blows from US tariffs. Photographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg via Getty Images

European Central Bank cuts rate to 2% amid struggling eurozone growth and stable inflation

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FILED – 23 April 2025, Qatar, Doha: The CEO of Thyssenkrupp, Miguel Angel Lopez Borrego, stands in Qatar’s Chamber of Commerce and exchanges business cards with local business representatives. He is part of the business delegation visiting Qatar and the United Arab Emirates alongside North Rhine-Westphalia’s Minister President Hendrik Wüst in search of new business partners. Photo: Wolf von Dewitz/dpa (Photo by Wolf von Dewitz/picture alliance via Getty Images)

German industrial titan, Thyssenkrupp, prepares for a major shake-up—raising concerns over job cuts and a looming break-up

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BERLIN, GERMANY – MARCH 03: German designated chancellor and leader of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) Friedrich Merz speaks to the media the day after the Hamburg city-state election on March 03, 2025 in Berlin, Germany. Merz is under pressure to negotiate the formation of the next federal government coalition quickly in order to help strengthen Europe’s position over defence and its relationship to the USA. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Germany’s next leader Merz is vowing to do ‘whatever it takes’ on historic $1.3 trillion infrastructure spending revolution

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Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), at a rates decision news conference in Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, March 6, 2025. The European Central Bank lowered interest rates for the sixth time since June and indicated that its cutting phase may be drawing to a close as inflation cools and the economy digests seismic shifts in geopolitics. Photographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg via Getty Images

European Central Bank lowers rates again to 2.5%, with biggest hint yet on direction of future cuts

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Lufthansa crew members dressed in traditional Bavarian clothes (Trachten crew) are seen during a photo shooting ahead of their flight to Osaka, at Franz Josef Strauss airport in Munich, southern Germany, on September 20, 2024. During the next two weeks, Lufthansa crews fly on selected flights in traditional clothes. The world’s largest beer festival Oktoberfest opens its 189th edition on Saturday, September 21, 2024, and runs until October 6 on the Theresienwiese (Therese’s Meadow), shortened by locals to the “Wiesn”. (Photo by Michaela STACHE / AFP) (Photo by MICHAELA STACHE/AFP via Getty Images)

Lufthansa vows turnaround plan to lift 2025 earnings, amid profit drop due to strikes, rising costs and aircraft delays

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Ola Kaellenius, chief executive officer of Mercedes-Benz Group AG, during the opening of the Mercedes-Benz Group AG battery recycling plant in Kuppenheim, Germany, on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. Germany’s Social Democrats, the party of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, is considering fresh subsidies on electric vehicles as a cornerstone of its economic policy ahead of elections next year. Photographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Mercedes to cut costs by 10% as profits dip amid a plunge in EV sales. ‘We are taking steps to make the company leaner, faster and stronger’ says CEO

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10 February 2025, Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart: An intercity train travels on the Gäubahn line. The inner-city section of the Gäubahn is also known as the Panoramabahn because of its view of the city of Stuttgart. The Panoramabahn could be shut down forever because of Stuttgart 21. Photo: Bernd Weißbrod/dpa (Photo by Bernd Weißbrod/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Germany’s $11 billion rail disaster: How Stuttgart 21 became a never-ending infrastructure nightmare

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DAVOS, SWITZERLAND – JANUARY 22: President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde makes statements during the 55th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on January 22, 2025. (Photo by Halil Sagirkaya/Anadolu via Getty Images)

European Central Bank set to cut rates for the fourth time in a row in a bid to lower inflation—despite Trump’s threat on the bloc

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A woman walks past a placard reading ‘We for Luedenscheid’ in the city of Luedenscheid, western Germany on January 16, 2025. The numerous auto industry suppliers in Luedenscheid, population 70,000, have faced job cuts and insolvencies as high labour costs, a rapid transformation and rising Chinese competition weaken one of Germany’s traditional economic pillars (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY LEA PERNELLE (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)

With Germany heading to the polls—will the government be able to turn around its crisis-hit economy in time?

By Léa Pernelle, Sam Reeves, and others

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – DECEMBER 4: Chair of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, French Member of the European Parliament (Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament – Place publique) Aurore Lalucq (L) and the President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde (R) are listening during a hearing of the ECON Committee of the European Parliament on December 4, 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. The ECON Committee and the ECB President will discuss the quarterly assessment of the ECB’s monetary policy stance. (Photo by Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)

Political turmoil and eurozone gloom suggest third ECB rate cut incoming

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dpatop – 12 September 2024, Hesse, Frankfurt/Main: Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), speaks at the press conference after the Governing Council meeting of the ECB. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa (Photo by Boris Roessler/picture alliance via Getty Images)

ECB expected to lower interest rates once again as inflation in the eurozone fades

By Sam Reeves, Sebastien Ash, and others