EEconomy Read More France January final CPI +0.3% vs +0.3% y/y prelimFebruary 18, 2026 Prior +0.8%HICP +0.4% vs +0.4% y/y prelimPrior +0.7% No changes to the initial estimates as French inflation continues…
EEconomy Read More Mortgage rates due to fall for more than a million borrowersFebruary 18, 2026 A drop in inflation has offered hope to the more than 1 million homeowners on tracker mortgages, with…
EEconomy Read More IMF urges Japan to avoid cutting sales tax amid higher expected borrowing costsFebruary 18, 2026 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned Japan against cutting sales tax when borrowing costs on public debt…
EEconomy Read More Male unemployment hits highest level in over a decade as ‘worrying trend’ exposes Labour’s tax raidFebruary 18, 2026 Britain’s labour market is showing a widening divide between men and women, with male unemployment rising sharply to…
EEconomy Read More Steenhuisen Warns Sugar Industry Faces Immediate Crisis After Tongaat Hulett LiquidationFebruary 18, 2026 Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen has raised alarm over the deepening crisis in South Africa’s sugar industry following…
EEconomy Read More Macron’s efforts to make France business friendly ‘wiped out,’ US group says – POLITICOFebruary 18, 2026 “We are back to where we were 10 years ago in terms of France’s attractiveness,” Kamel said while…
EEconomy Read More ECB succession talk puts Knot and De Cos in frame for jobFebruary 18, 2026 The former governors of the Spanish and Dutch central banks are seen as the front-runners to replace Christine…
EEconomy Read More Steenhuisen calls for urgent resolution to secure sugar millsFebruary 18, 2026 Steenhuisen calls for urgent resolution to secure sugar mills | Knysna-Plett Herald …
EEconomy Read More Early Lagarde exit would prevent far-right win in France complicating ECB appointment – The Irish TimesFebruary 18, 2026 It has always seemed likely that the appointment of the next head of the European Central Bank (ECB)…
EEconomy Read More Christine Lagarde set to step down as ECB president earlyFebruary 18, 2026 European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde plans to leave her job early, ahead of next year’s French presidential…
EEconomy Read More Steenhuisen calls for urgent resolution as sugar mill crisis puts 40,000 livelihoods at riskFebruary 18, 2026 Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen has called for urgent intervention to prevent a shutdown of key sugar mills…
EEconomy Read More Irish business confidence at lowest level since pandemicFebruary 18, 2026 Irish business confidence has fallen to 54%, the lowest level since the covid-19 pandemic, and down from 81%…