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A crash is coming and France isn’t doing enough to stop it, top economist warns

A crash is coming and France isn’t doing enough to stop it, top economist warns

Olivier Blanchard told POLITICO that the country is “absolutely not doing what is needed” to get its finances in order.

January 17, 2025 1:32 pm CET
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New EU rules aim to protect your money from cyber threats 

July’s major IT outage served as a wake-up call. But can the EU’s regulatory response make a difference?

October 22, 2024 12:19 pm CET

IMF’s end-of-inflation party sobered by debt, war … and a US election

Inflation may be on the retreat, but growth is slowing and debt is rising as the West and China square off ever more directly.

October 22, 2024 4:25 am CET

G7’s Ukraine loan is at risk

What began as a multilateral statement of support has morphed into a fragmented and precarious arrangement, plagued by internal political and legal wrangling.

October 16, 2024 4:00 am CET

As world debt hits $100T, IMF warns deficit buildup must be brought under control

Debt is expected to near 100 percent of global GDP by 2030.

October 15, 2024 3:44 pm CET

IMF axes controversial Russia visit after outrage from European capitals

Kyiv’s allies said the trip would have been a “propaganda win” for Vladimir Putin.

September 18, 2024 9:17 am CET

EU boycotts only make us stronger, Hungarian finance minister says

Only six ministers of 27 attended the meeting, including Varga himself.

September 14, 2024 10:13 am CET

European governments criticize IMF trip to Russia as ‘propaganda win’ for Putin

Visit will “create substantial reputational risks,” countries say.

September 13, 2024 12:23 pm CET

Exiled Libyan central bank chief sees safe route home after attempted coup

Sadiq Al-Kabir says the attempted takeover by hostile government forces has backfired.

September 5, 2024 6:35 pm CET

A paradise for corruption: Britain tries to clean up its dirtiest secret

The British Virgin Islands mix fun in the sun with dark money. Will the UK’s new Labour government act?

August 13, 2024 4:15 am CET

Will Meloni’s rage torpedo von der Leyen’s 2nd term?

It won’t be easy for Italy’s PM to back von der Leyen to remain European Commission president in Thursday’s crucial vote.

July 17, 2024 4:01 am CET

France risks IMF, Commission oversight if Macron loses, finance minister warns

Bruno Le Maire raises the specter of financial disaster for France if President Emmanuel Macron’s opponents win this month’s snap election.

June 18, 2024 6:04 pm CET

A (not so) brief ‘criminal’ history of the ECB 

From political witch-hunts and nobbling bank mergers to hacking Covid regulations, the ECB’s brushes with the law are varied and plentiful.

May 28, 2024 5:07 pm CET
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Britain’s fast-improving economy won’t save the Tories

Inflation’s slowing, growth’s returning — but it’s not the economy any more, stupid, for struggling UK Conservatives.

May 21, 2024 9:54 pm CET

IMF warns Tories against further UK tax cuts

Amid a higher debt burden, U.K. should not be considering pre-election tax cuts, forecaster says.

May 21, 2024 12:15 pm CET

Floods, war and US inflation crash the IMF party

The risk that lies closest to financiers’ hearts moved a step closer to reality as one of the Fed’s policymakers floated the idea that interest rates may have to rise still further to bring inflation under control. 

April 19, 2024 3:06 pm CET

‘Russia must not prevail,’ EU tells the world

Wording is tougher than in statements from February.

April 10, 2024 1:37 pm CET

Hand over ‘missing’ €5B in Russian asset profits, Ukraine tells EU

Kyiv is frustrated it won’t receive the proceeds of frozen assets generated in 2022 and 2023.

March 26, 2024 7:24 pm CET

Macron bets on investments and fraternité to charm Lula in first visit to Brazil

The French president hopes to put aside differences with Brazil on trade and the war in Ukraine.

March 25, 2024 11:33 am CET

EU backs Kristalina Georgieva for second IMF term

Former EU commissioner’s interest in the role would put pay to the hopes of other Europeans getting the job.

March 12, 2024 9:19 am CET

Germany now world’s third-largest economy, as Japan slips into recession

The country now sits behind only the U.S. and China in terms of economic heft.

February 15, 2024 10:22 am CET

The EU’s €50B for Ukraine is basically nothing

With Republicans thwarting U.S. efforts to approve $60 billion for Kyiv, Europe faces an even greater bill. So what next?

February 6, 2024 11:16 pm CET

Ukraine hopes to avoid economic doomsday of not getting Western financial aid

Kyiv forced to look on in anguish as the U.S. and EU bicker over a new financial lifeline.

January 29, 2024 1:35 pm CET

IMF report: 40 percent of jobs exposed to AI

Forty percent of workers globally have jobs that will be affected by artificial intelligence, warns a study by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Mature economies — such …

January 15, 2024 3:33 pm CET

German economy contracted in 2023

Disruption to seaborne trade is making for a bad start to 2024, too.

January 15, 2024 10:41 am CET
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