Lost decades for Greek incomes tell different story to recovery narrative
The final 2026 budget submitted to Parliament in November reaffirmed Greece’s strong fiscal performance and the sustained trajectory of declining debt.
Nature at risk: Implications for the euro area economy and financial stability
Degraded ecosystems undermine productivity, disrupt supply chains and heighten vulnerability to shocks, creating risks for the real economy and the financial sector. Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation also pose a growing risk to price stability, with increasing evidence that ecosystem shocks contribute to inflationary pressures in the euro area.
UK house prices edge higher despite Budget uncertainty
Bigger than expected rise takes average property cost to £272,998
Financial Policy Committee Record - December 2025
Our Financial Policy Committee (FPC) meets to identify risks to financial stability and agree policy actions aimed at safeguarding the resilience of the UK financial system.
The probe gripping Italy’s banking industry
Plus, private credit lenders submit to stress tests and a tumultuous few months at commodities trading giant Gunvor
Britain’s brokers provide evidence of a knee-high market recovery
Sales of big slugs of stock have picked up in recent months
Fall in board pay drives fears top directors will shun London
FTSE 100 non-executive fees trail inflation by almost 12% over the past decade, new research finds
Meloni’s party pushes to declare Italy’s gold ‘property of the people’
Country’s central bank says it owns the reserves to ‘boost confidence’ in its financial system and in the euro
EQT weighs higher charges on large investors thanks to retail cash
Influx of money from wealthy individuals has made private equity group less reliant on traditional backers
The billionaires and the bank boss: Italian prosecutors take aim
A 35-page warrant alleges a plot to seize control of Generali, one of the key players in Italian finance
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