August
Eurozone rate cut questioned as German wages soar
Not all rate-setters are convinced that the ECB will manage to avoid what bank president Christine Lagarde has referred to as “tit-for-tat inflation”.
- Olaf Storbeck
December 2023
Slowing inflation piles pressure on central banks to pivot
Some policymakers are already warning that by waiting too long to cut borrowing costs, central banks could harm weakening economies.
- Martin Arnold, Sam Fleming and Colby Smith
March 2023
Riskiest bank bonds rise as regulators’ assurances resonate
AT1 notes from Europe’s biggest banks including Commerzbank, HSBC and UniCredit climbed in Asia, where bonds including from Westpac were quoted higher.
- Priscila Azevedo Rocha, Harry Suhartono, Sujata Rao and Caleb Mutua
December 2022
Wirecard in the dock as Germany’s biggest fraud trial starts
Wirecard became the first-ever DAX member to file for insolvency, owing creditors nearly $US4 billion.
- Updated
- Jörn Poltz and Christian Kraemer
- Opinion
- World markets
Wall Street’s Christmas relief rally faces big tests
Jay Powell’s comments lifted investor sentiment but the impact of a long-anticipated US economic downturn looms.
- Katie Martin
October 2022
Kwasi Kwarteng says BoE will be to blame for any UK market ructions
Speaking on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund’s annual meetings in Washington, the chancellor said any turmoil after the central bank withdraws support ‘is a matter for the governor’.
- Philip Aldrick
- Opinion
- Investment banking
Credit Suisse terrifies investors with its message of reassurance
Attempts to restore calm can be spectacularly unsettling. They imply that someone somewhere thinks the business is in serious trouble.
- Updated
- The Lex Column
September 2022
Industrial metal prices melt as global recession fears flare up
Copper and iron ore are back under pressure on worries over high-energy costs and China strains.
- Harry Dempsey and Emiko Terazono
July 2022
Germany braces for winter of discontent as energy crisis bites
Berlin and Moscow are locked in a war of nerves over the future of Russian gas supplies, as key data paint a sobering picture for Europe’s powerhouse economy.
- Andrew McCathie
October 2021
China’s falling factory activity a sign of economic woes ahead
Manufacturing activity contracted by more than expected in October, hurt by persistently high raw material prices and softer domestic demand.
- Reuters
May 2021
Skyscrapers rising next to vacant towers mark new City of London
While the pandemic is emptying offices at the fastest pace in more than a decade, it hasn’t slowed the coming wave of high-rises.
- Jack Sidders
October 2020
Europe’s second wave raises threat of double-dip recession
Rising coronavirus infections and fresh restrictions on people’s movements could cut short the region’s recent recovery.
- Updated
- Martin Arnold
September 2020
Wirecard woes mount for EY as clients cut auditor
KfW, Germany's third-largest bank by assets, may drop auditor plagued by its role in accounting scandal.
- Hugo Miller and Birgit Jennen
June 2020
Former Wirecard boss arrested as creditors hunt lost billions
Markus Braun turned himself in on Monday night after Munich prosecutors issued a warrant for his arrest.
- Jörn Poltz, Patricia Uhlig and Arno Schuetze
Wild guesses as UK economists grapple with looming GDP plunge
For once, economists are united on one thing: official data on Friday will show that Britain's economy suffered a record collapse during April's coronavirus lockdown.
- Andy Bruce
April 2020
- Analysis
- Coronavirus pandemic
European banks prepared for a crisis. But not this one
Before bank regulators could begin their planned stress test this year, they were confronted with the real thing.
- Jack Ewing
March 2020
Germany urges banks to hold off dividends and bonuses
Regulators have recently enacted measures to make it easier for banks to lend and to absorb losses as economic crisis looms.
- Tom Sims
April 2019
Deutsche Bank pulls plug on merger plans with rival Commerzbank
The merger would have combined Germany's two biggest banks into a European giant but it wasn't meant to be.
- Andreas Framke and Arno Schuetze