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A 75cl bottle of white wine costing €5.99 will increase by €1.11. Photograph: Matt Kavanagh
Alcohol minimum pricing rules to be fast-tracked by Cabinet

The Government is set to fast-track new laws to clamp down on cheap alcohol sales in off-licences and supermarkets, with the Cabinet expected to appro(...)

The ECB ruled out raising rates in the next year and even opened the door to cutting them or buying more bonds as risk factors such as a global trade war and Brexit drag the euro zone economy down. Photograph: Getty Images/iStockphoto
From Ireland to Cyprus, euro zone countries hit record borrowing low

Several euro zone countries are seeing their borrowing costs hit their lowest levels on record as the European Central Bank opens the door to more sti(...)

Senior management of Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank have begun exploratory merger talks
Deutsche and Commerzbank begin merger talks

The senior management of Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank have begun exploratory merger talks on Sunday after the executive boards of Germany’s two large(...)

European government bond prices fell on Monday. Photograph: iStock
Southern euro bonds fall as unease between Europe and US grows

Lower-rated southern European government bond prices fell on Monday after German chancellor Angela Merkel warned of worsening relations between Europe(...)

The yield on Germany’s 10-year bonds, the regional benchmark, has risen 19 basis points in March so far
Euro zone businesses growing at fastest rate in nearly six years

Investors sold euro zone government bonds on Friday as reports on private-sector activity in the EU provided further signals of economic growth, stren(...)

French presidential election candidate Emmanuel Macron, pictured on Friday ahead of a meeting in Paris with former US secretary of state John Kerry. A poll has placed Mr Macron in first place in the first round of the election next month. Photograph: Regis Duvignau/AFP/Getty Images
Macron gets poll boost in French election as Fillon crisis deepens

Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron cemented his status as favourite to win the French presidency on Friday as his conservative rival, Francois Fillon(...)

French former education minister Benoit Hamon after winning the second round of the party primaries for the 2017 French presidential elections in Paris. French government bonds face additional upward pressure from uncertainty surrounding the presidential elections. Photograph: EPA/Jeremy Lempin
German inflation pick-up rattles euro zone bond markets

Borrowing costs across the euro area shot to their highest level in at least a year on Monday as regional data suggested German inflation hit a four-(...)

About €13 billion worth of corporate bonds were issued last week, compared to just €500 million in the last week of December
ECB prints money at record pace amid bank bonds bonanza

The European Central Bank bought a record-breaking €24.7 billion worth of debt last week, taking advantage of a bumper supply of bank bonds to boost i(...)

One economist calculates that if rates remain near zero this year, inflation will see German savers losing €36 billion. Photograph: Bloomberg
Germans say time has come for higher interest rates

German economists called on the European Central Bank on Thursday to raise interest rates after euro zone consumer prices rose faster than expected in(...)

Most euro zone bond yields fell 1-3 basis points in early trades
Euro zone bond yields fall as inflation shock subsides

Euro zone bond yields fell in early trade on Wednesday with the market taking a nuanced view on inflation ahead of euro zone consumer prices data due (...)

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