The ECB’s Hard Choice: Hiking Into a Weakening Economy
The European Central Bank raised rates for the first time since 2023, fighting inflation even as growth weakens. Inside a...
June 19, 2026From the euro and the ECB to the Frankfurt, Paris and London exchanges, Europe’s markets and macro decisions ripple across the world. The Rio Times tracks the indices, the euro and sterling, growth and inflation data, and the two-speed split reshaping the continent’s economy – through an emerging-market lens, with an eye on what it means for Latin American capital.
The European Central Bank raised rates for the first time since 2023, fighting inflation even as growth weakens. Inside a...
June 19, 2026
German industry employment has fallen to a ten-year low as the country's model of cheap energy and easy exports breaks...
June 19, 2026
Europe Intelligence Brief for Thursday: a day after Britain's inflation cooled, its divided central bank debated a rise rather than...
June 18, 2026
Europe Intelligence Brief for Wednesday: Britain's inflation cooled below forecast on the eve of its rate decision, the first hopeful...
June 17, 2026
Europe Intelligence Brief for Tuesday: with leaders still at the G7, Spain shed jobs at twice the EU rate even...
June 16, 2026
Europe Intelligence Brief for Monday: leaders gathered at the G7 in France just as Germany's own central bank spelled out...
June 15, 2026
Europe Intelligence Brief — The European Central Bank raised rates for the first time since 2023, Brent crude tumbled on...
June 13, 2026
Europe Intelligence Brief for Thursday: borrowing costs across the continent rose for the first time since 2023 just as the...
June 11, 2026
Europe Intelligence Brief for Wednesday: France locked in a 75-billion-euro AI investment, Germany led a six-nation push to build a...
June 10, 2026