TEGERNSEE, GERMANY — Top German business leaders, economists and politicians descended onto a small, picturesque Bavarian town situated next to the iconic Tegernsee lake last week to share their hopes and discuss what's at stake for the new government.Buoyed by recent positive market sentiment for Europe's largest economy, attendees...
09 May 2025, Bavaria, Gmund Am Tegernsee: Katherina Reiche (CDU), Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, takes part in the Ludwig Erhard Summit. Representatives from business, politics, science and the media are taking part in the three-day summit. Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa (Photo by Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty...
On the trading floor of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, traders watch their monitors in front of the display board showing the Dax curve on April 9, 2025.Arne Dedert | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesEuropean bourses saw a mixed open on Monday, with U.K. markets closed for a bank holiday,...
Shoppers buy fresh vegetables, fruit, and herbs at an outdoor produce market under green-striped canopies in Regensburg, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, on April 19, 2025.Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesEuro zone inflation was unchanged at 2.2% in April, missing expectations for a move lower, flash data from statistics agency Eurostat...
Two German flags fly in front of and on top of the Reichstag building at sunset.Photo by Hannes P Albert/picture alliance via Getty ImagesGermany's economy expanded by 0.2% in the first quarter from the previous three-month period, preliminary data showed Wednesday, as U.S. tariff tensions threaten the country's growth...
The trust between Europe and the U.S. is not yet broken despite President Donald Trump's aggressive tariff policies, Joerg Kukies, acting German finance minister, told CNBC Thursday."For trust to be broken, a lot more would have to happen because the transatlantic partnership has been built over so many decades...
BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 24: Robert Habeck, chancellor candidate of the German Greens Party, speaks to the media the day after German parliamentary elections on February 24, 2025 in Berlin, Germany. The Greens came in fourth place with 11.6% of the vote, down 2.9% from the previous election. (Photo...
A man pushes his shopping cart filled with food shopping and walks in front of an aisle of canned vegetables with "Down price" labels in an Auchan supermarket in Guilherand Granges, France, March 8, 2025.Nicolas Guyonnet | Afp | Getty ImagesAnnual Euro zone inflation dipped as expected to 2.2%...
Customers shop for fresh fruits and vegetables in a supermarket in Munich, Germany, on March 8, 2025.Michael Nguyen | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesGerman inflation came in at a lower-than-expected 2.3% in March, preliminary data from the country's statistics office Destatis showed Monday.It compares to February's 2.6% print, which was...
U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff policies are making the path ahead for European Central Bank interest rates "more complicated," according to Pierre Wunsch, member of the ECB's Governing Council."We were going in the right direction. And I was actually quite relaxed," he told CNBC's Karen Tso on Thursday on...