French consumers are more pessimistic about their future finances but are a little more open to making bigger purchases.

The confidence index for French households saw a slight decline in March, with citizens expressing concerns about their ...

On 20 February The European Central Bank (ECB) announced its plan to develop a settlement system for wholesale transactions ...

Official data and business surveys paint a worsening picture of the labour market in the Eurozone’s second-largest economy — ...

European Central Bank Governing Council member Francois Villeroy de Galhau revealed that the United States posed a risk to ...

The second deputy governor of France’s central bank has cast doubt on the viability of any “Mar-a-Lago accord”. In an article ...

The Euro should take on a more important role internationally. Europe needs to “build a powerful savings and investment union, capable of attracting international investors to our currency. At the ...

The French banker reminded readers that three of the five biggest financial crises in history began in the United States.

All of the winners of the Central Banking Awards 2025 have now been announced. Two of the top prizes went to the Bank of ...

Retail sales are flat. Investment has stalled. The UK’s growth rate has been downgraded by major forecasters, and the ...

P ARIS, 13th March, 2025 (WAM) -- France's central bank, Banque de France (BdF), announced on Wednesday that it has lowered the gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast to 0.7 percent for the ...