BNP Paribas unveils key investment trends for 2025
A wave of AI investment and energy infrastructure upgrades are just two of the areas highlighted
Interest Rates
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Is the ECB ‘behind the curve’ with ‘hesitant’ interest rate cut?
Investors will likely ‘remain in the dark before each upcoming meeting’ until the end of the year, according to experts
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Building foundations: Rethinking financial risk in the European real estate sector
The sector’s debt is unsustainable, yet it is being labelled as low credit risk, writes Neuberger Berman’s Usson
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ECB cuts interest rates 25bps to 3.5%
Industry commentators anticipate one more cut by the ECB this year
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JP Morgan finds Europe lagging US and China in GDP growth
consumer confidence has begun to dip after rebounding from record lows during 2022
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Deloitte: European markets to transition away from ‘wait and see’ approach
Further interest rate reductions in 2024 are expected to increase transactional activity
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Will a rate cut reignite Europe’s markets?
The benefits from a rate cut could be marginal given the region’s increasingly fragile political situation
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Federal Reserve maintains rates, lowers dot plot cut projections
Hannah Williford canvasses market-watchers on the Fed’s decision to maintain current rates
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ECB cuts interest rates for the first time in five years
Christian Mayes rounds up reaction to the eurozone cutting its lending rate 25bps to 3.75% on Thursday
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ECB holds rates as anticipation of cuts rises
Hannah Williford canvasses industry opinion on decision – and implications for June meeting
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Why European stocks could benefit most from revived risk appetite
Investors may be underestimating the potential fillip to the global economy from future rate cuts
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European Central Bank maintains rates amid inflation decline
Hannah Williford reports on the ECB’s decision to keep rates unchanged – and when cuts may begin