Inflation

Move comes amid budget cuts for several European Union institutions.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs hit prospects.

The birthplace of modern Romania is losing faith in politics 36 years after Communism fell, amid threats of reprisals at Sunday’s bitterly fought election.

Economic malaise is helping nationalist presidential candidate George Simion.

Britain is trying to replicate Australia’s “super” pensions to boost the ailing economy. But time isn’t on Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ side.

BoE governor says U.S. has a point on trade and calls for WTO reform and regulatory vigilance amid shifting global order.

Inflation climbed at the slowest pace since early 2021 in April, surprising economists who anticipated tariff-related increases.

A 12-nation Indo-Pacific club could serve as a platform for teaming up.

Analysts expect the Bank Rate to be lowered to 4.25 percent.

The numbers are unlikely to cause any dramatic change in thinking at the European Central Bank.

Commission president criticizes the American leader’s trade war, approach to other countries and targeting of universities.

The multilateral lender thinks the U.S. will be hurt more than either Europe or China by Donald Trump’s tariff blitz.

Latest figures put Britain’s GDP growth this year lower than Canada and the U.S.

But the seventh consecutive cut may still not be enough to revive European economic fortunes.

The U.K. wants to use an energy security summit next week to showcase its net zero push. Trump’s America just wants to sell fossil fuels.

Analysts are predicting a cut to 2.25 percent from 2.5 percent.

Finance ministers gathering in Warsaw will discuss tariffs and rearmament.

But Breeden said the impact on inflation, and therefore the Bank’s interest-rate decision in May, is uncertain at this stage.

Brooke Rollins said countries are “burning” up the phone lines to talk trade.

Bank of Finland governor says the EU should draw up “proportionate countermeasures” against U.S. tariffs.

“I consider it a moment when we can decide together to take our destiny into our own hands,” says European Central Bank boss.

“We are not at the moment at a position where we want to do anything to escalate these trade wars,” says top finance minister Rachel Reeves.

The tariffs, which the U.S. will start collecting on April 3, are likely to drive up car prices domestically, dealers warn.

Social security cuts, a Whitehall squeeze — and a (future) silver lining on growth. POLITICO sat through Rachel Reeves’ spring statement so you didn’t have to.