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Bloomberg
10-07-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
The UK Is Struggling to Shake Off the Bond Vigilantes
I'm Craig Stirling, a senior editor in Frankfurt. Today we're looking at how the UK faces more financial-market scrutiny than its peers on public finances. Send us feedback and tips to ecodaily@ And if you aren't yet signed up to receive this newsletter, you can do so here. 'High levels of public debt are a significant vulnerability that governments can no longer ignore,' was what Bank for International Settlements chief Agustin Carstens warned in his final speech in June. That echoed a cacophony of alarm bells from global monetary officials over the past months and years.
Bloomberg
01-07-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
ECB Braces for ‘More Volatile' Inflation After Reaching 2%
I'm Craig Stirling, a senior editor in Frankfurt. Today we're looking at the inflation outlook for policymakers meeting at the European Central Bank's retreat in Portugal. Send us feedback and tips to ecodaily@ And if you aren't yet signed up to receive this newsletter, you can do so here. In 11 years of European Central Bank retreats to the Portuguese resort of Sintra, euro-region crises have too often been an embarrassing distraction.
Bloomberg
30-06-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Trump's Disruption Unnerves Central Bankers in Sintra
I'm Craig Stirling, a senior editor in Frankfurt. Today we're looking at the big highlight of the European Central Bank's annual retreat in Portugal. Send us feedback and tips to ecodaily@ And if you aren't yet signed up to receive this newsletter, you can do so here. The global economy's concussion from five months of Trump's presidency is likely to feature when some of the world's leading central bank chiefs discuss monetary policy in public this week.
Bloomberg
07-06-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
US Inflation to Tick Higher as Tariffs Reach Consumers
By and Craig Stirling Save Subscribe to Economics Daily for the latest news and analysis. US consumers probably saw slightly faster inflation in May, notably for merchandise, as companies gradually pass along higher import duties.
Bloomberg
31-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
US Job Growth Is Seen Moderating on Shifting Trade Policy
By and Craig Stirling Save The pace of US hiring probably slowed in May, with employers focusing on containing costs as households become a bit more guarded and businesses reconsidered investment plans against a backdrop of shifting trade policy. Economists see payrolls rising by 125,000 after job growth in March and April exceeded projections, based on the median of a Bloomberg survey. That would leave the average over the past three months tracking a still-solid 162,000. The unemployment rate is seen holding at 4.2%.
