Threatened shifts in US defense spending in Europe mean risk and opportunity for affected communities.
05 May 2026, Bavaria, Vilseck: View of Vilseck in the Upper Palatinate. The US Department of Defense had announced its intention to withdraw around 5,000 of the approximately 39,000 US soldiers stationed in Germany. Bayerischer Rundfunk reported on Monday that the so-called Stryker Brigade in Vilseck, Bavaria, was to be affected. Photo: Armin Weigel/dpa (Photo by Armin Weigel/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Threatened shifts in US defense spending in Europe mean risk and opportunity for affected communities.
05 May 2026, Bavaria, Vilseck: View of Vilseck in the Upper Palatinate. The US Department of Defense had announced its intention to withdraw around 5,000 of the approximately 39,000 US soldiers stationed in Germany. Bayerischer Rundfunk reported on Monday that the so-called Stryker Brigade in Vilseck, Bavaria, was to be affected. Photo: Armin Weigel/dpa (Photo by Armin Weigel/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Germany’s private sector shrank for a third month as sagging confidence over the Iran war sent services activity sinking at its fastest pace since 2022.
Germany’s private sector shrank for a third month as sagging confidence over the Iran war sent services activity sinking at its fastest pace since 2022.
A logistics warehouse in Bremen, Germany. Photographer: Sina Schuldt/picture alliance/Getty Images
European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane said the neutral rate of interest could be as high as 2.5%, suggesting another hike won’t yet act as a brake on the economy.
European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane said the neutral rate of interest could be as high as 2.5%, suggesting another hike won’t yet act as a brake on the economy.
Philip Lane, chief economist of the European Central Bank (ECB), in Sintra, Portugal, on Monday, June 30, 2025. The global economy’s concussion from five months of Trump’s presidency is likely to feature when some of the world’s leading central bank chiefs discuss monetary policy in public at the ECB forum.
European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane said the neutral rate of interest could be as high as 2.5%, suggesting another hike won’t yet act as a brake on the economy.
European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane said the neutral rate of interest could be as high as 2.5%, suggesting another hike won’t yet act as a brake on the economy.
Philip Lane, chief economist of the European Central Bank (ECB), in Sintra, Portugal, on Monday, June 30, 2025. The global economy’s concussion from five months of Trump’s presidency is likely to feature when some of the world’s leading central bank chiefs discuss monetary policy in public at the ECB forum.
The UK’s exit from the European Union is partly responsible for the bloc’s failure to integrate its capital markets, the European Investment Bank president said.
The UK’s exit from the European Union is partly responsible for the bloc’s failure to integrate its capital markets, the European Investment Bank president said.
European Investment Bank President Nadia Calvino on June 17. Photographer: Betty Laura Zapata/Bloomberg
The UK’s exit from the European Union is partly responsible for the bloc’s failure to integrate its capital markets, the European Investment Bank president said.
The UK’s exit from the European Union is partly responsible for the bloc’s failure to integrate its capital markets, the European Investment Bank president said.
European Investment Bank President Nadia Calvino on June 17. Photographer: Betty Laura Zapata/Bloomberg
The UK’s exit from the European Union is partly responsible for the bloc’s failure to integrate its capital markets, the European Investment Bank president said.
The UK’s exit from the European Union is partly responsible for the bloc’s failure to integrate its capital markets, the European Investment Bank president said.
European Investment Bank President Nadia Calvino on June 17. Photographer: Betty Laura Zapata/Bloomberg
Germany’s economy will recover more slowly than expected because of the Iran war but pick up steam in the coming years thanks to fiscal stimulus, according to the Bundesbank.
Germany’s economy will recover more slowly than expected because of the Iran war but pick up steam in the coming years thanks to fiscal stimulus, according to the Bundesbank.
Germany’s economy will recover more slowly than expected because of the Iran war but pick up steam in the coming years thanks to fiscal stimulus, according to the Bundesbank.
Germany’s economy will recover more slowly than expected because of the Iran war but pick up steam in the coming years thanks to fiscal stimulus, according to the Bundesbank.
German industrial production grew for the first time since war broke out in Iran, fueling hope that Europe’s largest economy is weathering the jump in energy costs.
German industrial production grew for the first time since war broke out in Iran, fueling hope that Europe’s largest economy is weathering the jump in energy costs.
German industrial production grew for the first time since war broke out in Iran, fueling hope that Europe’s largest economy is weathering the jump in energy costs.
German industrial production grew for the first time since war broke out in Iran, fueling hope that Europe’s largest economy is weathering the jump in energy costs.
The fate of the global economy hinges on the conflict in the Middle East that has already stifled growth and could yet trigger recessions and significantly stronger inflation, the OECD said.
The fate of the global economy hinges on the conflict in the Middle East that has already stifled growth and could yet trigger recessions and significantly stronger inflation, the OECD said.
A woman walks past a giant billboard reading "The Strait of Hormuz remains closed" in Tehran on April 28.
The fate of the global economy hinges on the conflict in the Middle East that has already stifled growth and could yet trigger recessions and significantly stronger inflation, the OECD said.
The fate of the global economy hinges on the conflict in the Middle East that has already stifled growth and could yet trigger recessions and significantly stronger inflation, the OECD said.
A woman walks past a giant billboard reading "The Strait of Hormuz remains closed" in Tehran on April 28.
Deutsche Bank AG’s shareholders approved a plan to give a big pay raise to Supervisory Board Chairman Alexander Wynaendts after criticism at the lender’s annual general meeting.
Deutsche Bank AG’s shareholders approved a plan to give a big pay raise to Supervisory Board Chairman Alexander Wynaendts after criticism at the lender’s annual general meeting.
Deutsche Bank AG’s Supervisory Board Chairman Alexander Wynaendts in Frankfurt, on May 28.
Economic advisers to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz almost halved their forecast for growth this year as the war in the Middle East and US trade policy weigh on activity.
Economic advisers to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz almost halved their forecast for growth this year as the war in the Middle East and US trade policy weigh on activity.
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