Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead
Rate-setters’ confidence that they will hit 2% goal indicates rate reduction at next policy vote is increasingly likely
Problem affecting Swift network impacted high-value and time-sensitive transactions
Christine Lagarde says September rate cut decision is ‘wide open’
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While acting governor Margarita Delgado will join the deliberations, she will not be allowed to vote
Stalemate threatens to delay progress in shrinking deficits, which remain well in excess of EU rules
Its hostility to debt is folly or hypocrisy. It should use more of its surplus savings at home
Falling house prices and lower borrowing costs drive increase in take-up for mortgages and consumer credit
Eurozone’s second-largest economy is ‘dangerously exposed’ to new crisis after failing to control deficits and debt
Rate-setters warn lax fiscal policy could revive inflation and complicate efforts to lower borrowing costs
German telecoms groups to remove Huawei and ZTE components by 2029
François Villeroy de Galhau says investments are drying up amid fears of increased taxes
French Europhile president will be distracted by domestic problems and less inclined to shake things up
The sector is one where the country has excelled, creating jobs while other sectors have shrunk
Closely watched tracker from Indeed website hits 4.2%, up from 3.5%
Many are relieved to see extremes neutralised, but political gridlock and rise of the left sparks concern
Stasis, squabbling and posturing mean results may be more a surprise in style than substance
Package includes measures to boost corporate investment, tax incentives for R&D and plans for longer working hours
Gabriel Makhlouf says using vast budget surplus to fund cost-of-living relief would risk stoking inflation
Move to lower borrowing costs concerned many policymakers as inflation and wages moved in opposite direction
Retirees’ incomes will be excluded from perk as Lisbon aims to boost growth with 20% flat rate
Lenders that investors once deemed untouchable are suddenly back in vogue
ECB policymakers view French elections as sign of a broader shift in a more populist, protectionist and turbulent direction