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Surging euro presents new headache for ECB

Fears grow that a stronger currency against the US dollar could pressure eurozone export-driven economies and inflation.
One month after Bulgaria officially joined the eurozone, the euro is now the sole legal tender in the country, replacing the Bulgarian lev. ECB President Christine Lagarde marked the milestone on ...
FRANKFURT, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Euro zone consumers raised their longer-term inflation expectations to a record high in ...
The dollar is languishing near four-year lows, and its renewed weakness is drawing the attention of central banks, investors and even the White House.
Warsh's hawkish stance on Fed policy may have disappointed the crypto world, but he said Bitcoin was effectively gold for anyone under the age of 40.
Keep rates steady at 2% for the fifth straight meeting. With Trump backing down from imposing extra tariffs on some of Europe’s biggest economies, economists reckon ECB chief Christine Lagarde will ...
The issue in Frankfurt is that the euro is a cultural oddity by historical standards, since it not only has a federated governance structure, but its notes and most of its coins lack a European-wide ...
The dollar hit rough waters Wednesday. The Federal Reserve kept interest rates locked in place, sending the greenback tumbling toward its lowest point ...
Europe wants to embrace a beefed-up role for the euro in world finance but gets anxious when that success pushes the currency ...
The threat from the Trump administration is more unsettling; it is an assault on Europe’s identity, coming from its own ally.
When it comes to the basics of monetary policy, given everything currently going on in the world, the ECB has almost become a beacon ...