Nvidia looks well placed to benefit from the next stage of the AI boom
The world’s biggest chip company is using its balance sheet to seed new markets and a new business model
Monte dei Paschi readies twin takeover bids for Banca Generali and Banco BPM
Plan would create an Italian banking group with a combined market valuation of about €70bn
Trump’s Economic Threat Puts Focus on Iran’s Trading Partners
President Trump appeared to suggest that the United States would impose economic penalties on countries that do business with Iran, though he did not specify what actions he would take.
FEDS Paper: Beyond the Unemployment Rate: A Structural Labor Market Indicator
Isabel Cairó, Hess Chung, Francesco Ferrante, Cristina Fuentes-Albero, Camilo Morales-Jimenez, and Damjan PfajfarLabor market variables frequently send conflicting signals about the degree of slack or tightness, often co
Why working-class people account for around 1% of lawmakers in the US – and only 2% in the average democracy around the world
Troy Jackson, the Democratic nominee in Maine's U.S. Senate race, greets a supporter on July 25, 2026, in Bangor. AP Photo/Robert F. BukatyBoth major U.S.
Disney+ and Netflix are buying into football – without buying the live action
Sport is the new battleground in the streaming wars. But it’s not action on the field they’re tempting us with.
Iran threat and Turkish "grey zones" revival puncture August lull
The traditional August pause in Greek politics has been interrupted this week by the near-simultaneous emergence of an external security threat and a renewed Turkish challenge to Greek sovereign rights, forcing the government to manage both a military contingency and a diplomatic dispute while Parliament remains in recess.
Energy propels rise of 19.6% YoY in June industrial turnover
Greece’s industrial turnover recorded another jump of 19.6 percent year-on-year (YoY) in June, from a rise of 14.1 percent in May, according to data released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) on Thursday.
Current account deficit improves in June, rises to 9.54 bln in first half of year
Greece’s current account deficit narrowed further in June to 602.8 million euros, from 960.2 million euros in the previous month, Bank of Greece (BoG) data released on Thursday showed.
Banks’ funding structures and pass-through in the euro area
This paper investigates the interest rate pass-through of monetary policy in the euro area by focusing on the role of banks’ funding structures. We estimate the interest rate pass-through for loans to non-financial corporations using bank-level balance sheet data. In doing so, we interact the response of lending rates with characteristics of the funding structure, and show that banks that rely more on bond issuance than on the money market tend to be less responsive to policy changes.
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