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Labour leader channels Tony Blair with moody black and white photo — and six big post-election promises.

Since the 2008 global financial crisis, regulators fear that the part of the financial system that sits outside of banks has absorbed all the risk.

Governor Andrew Bailey opens the door to a first rate cut in June, but warns it’s “not a fait accompli”.

Amid arguments over electric cars, cognac and Ukraine, the French president’s dinner with China’s Xi Jinping may not be much fun. 

Younger voters’ interest in extremist groups tends to be short-lived and driven by frustration with the present, not nostalgia for the past.

The U.K. bucked a Europe-wide trend of declining investments.

The outlook is a blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his Chancellor Jeremy Hunt.

The EU’s economy grew by 0.3 percent in the first quarter of the year.

The debate over the bloc’s next seven-year spending plan is already starting. And while the Ukraine invasion shapes the debate, the negotiations will be messy — and about a whole lot more.

Moody’s and Fitch keep assessments unchanged, but are cautious on French government’s ability to meet deficit targets.

The EU is accelerating its crackdown on what it sees as Beijing’s unfair support for companies that undermine European rivals.

Macron reiterated calls for a third way between the U.S. and China, saying Europe must show that “it’s never going to be a vassal for the United States.”

Gabriel Attal returns to the themes that led to his meteoric rise in French politics, portraying himself as a man of law and order and a staunch defender of French secularism.

The risk that lies closest to financiers’ hearts moved a step closer to reality as one of the Fed’s policymakers floated the idea that interest rates may have to rise still further to bring inflation under control. 

Deputy PM Oliver Dowden will take steps to deliver on pledge to Joe Biden to confront China trade quandary.

Ex-PM describes the Treasury, the Bank of England and the Office for Budget Responsibility as a ‘three-headed hydra.’

Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister gives Republican hopeful her backing.

The European Commission is pushing for the post-pandemic recovery fund not to be repeated — as well as for conditions on financing of poorer regions.

The currency weakened as the ECB signals it plans start cutting rates before the Fed.

Ignoring pressure from Washington, chancellor seeks Beijing’s embrace.