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European economy 27th April 2025

ECB says wages in Europe grew 4.8% in 2024, 3.1% expected in 2025

Intermoney | The ECB’s wage monitoring report continues to show that pressures on negotiated wages will ease over the course of the year. The ECB’s wage monitoring report continues to indicate that pressures on negotiated wages will diminish over the year. In particular, it pointed to a growth rate of negotiated wages, including exceptional payments spread over time, of 4.8% in 2024 (with an average coverage of 48.8% of employees…

European economy 22nd April 2025

Eurozone March inflation confirmed to have moderated to 2.2%, core to 2.5%

Singular Bank: According to Eurostat’s final reading, in March the year-on-year rate of change of the Eurozone’s headline CPI moderated slightly to 2.2% (compared to 2.3% in February), its lowest since November 2024. This year-on-year increase was mainly explained by the contribution of services (up 1.56pp), followed by food, alcohol and tobacco (0.57pp) and non-energy industrial goods (0.16pp), in contrast to the negative contribution of energy (down 0.10pp). In a…

European economy 21st April 2025

German investor confidence plummets after ‘Liberation Day’ to -14 points in April, from 51.6 previously

CdM | German investor confidence has worsened significantly in April as a result of “erratic changes” in US trade policy, according to the Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), reports Europa Press this morning. Specifically, the German investor confidence figure stood at -14 points in April, compared to 51.6 in the previous month, which is the worst reading of the index since July 2023, after suffering the biggest monthly…

European economy 16th April 2025

EU plans to revive US gas purchases, looking for ways to aggregate demand

Link Securities | The European Union (EU) plans to revive its bid to buy more US gas, betting that US President Donald Trump is more open to negotiate after temporarily suspending the tariffs from taking effect, POLITICO reported on Monday. The bloc plans to resume talks on increased purchases of US liquefied natural gas (LNG) and will offer specific proposals to address Trump’s position on transatlantic trade, three European officials…

European economy 14th April 2025

European steel sector: EBITDA for 2026 expected to be 7% lower on average, ArcelorMittal among best options

Deutsche Bank | The most pessimistic fears have been mitigated, but US tariffs have created great uncertainty about steel demand, given the complexity of breaking down the impact on end markets. In our new baseline scenario we reflect this situation (although without reaching a full-blown recession) and we cut our assumptions about demand and prices in the sector, reducing our EBITDA forecasts for 2026 by 7% on average. We also…

European economy 11th April 2025

CAF subsidiary Solaris to supply 170 electric buses to two Swedish operators for over €100 million

CdM | The company has won two new contracts in Sweden to supply a total of 170 electric buses, with a combined volume of both operations exceeding €100 million, as reported by the CAF group. On the one hand, the Swedish operator Nobina Sverige AB has selected Solaris to supply 89 electric buses to be used in Stockholm, a new order that joins other recent orders from this same operator…

European economy 11th April 2025

Airbus delivers 71 aircraft and registers 211 gross orders in March

Deutsche Bank | Airbus (ABS) has released its orders and deliveries for March 2025. The company delivered 71 aircraft and recorded 211 gross orders, delivering a total of 136 aircraft in the first quarter of 2025. March 2025 deliveries are the highest in any March since 2022, supporting the view that Airbus’ industrial performance is improving. This could bode well for the rest of the year, if tariffs do not…

European economy 8th April 2025

Eurozone retail sales grow less than expected in February: up 0.3% and 0.2% in EU

CdM | Eurozone retail sales grew less than expected in February. Compared to last month, seasonally adjusted retail trade volume increased by 0.3% (against the expected 0.5%) in the eurozone and by 0.2% in the European Union (EU), according to initial estimates from Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office. In January 2025, the volume of retail trade remained stable in the eurozone and grew by 0.1% in the EU. In year-on-year…

European economy 2nd April 2025

Inflation in Europe: preliminary data in Germany eases one-tenth in March to 2.2% year-on-year, Portugal from 2.4% to 1.9%

Bankinter | Inflation (preliminary data) in Germany eases one-tenth in March to 2.2% (versus expected 2.2% versus previous 2.3%). Today the EMU CPI was published, standing at +2.2% versus the previous +2.3%. For now, inflation is improving in Germany, Spain (+2.3% versus +3.0% previously) and Portugal (+1.9% versus 2.4% previously), remains stable in France (+0.8%) and is picking up in Italy (+2.0% versus +1.6% previously). Indeed, in Portugal, the preliminary…

European economy 1st April 2025

Telefónica to look into any consolidation options for business arising in Spain, Germany and UK

Link Securities | The company has set itself the goal of strengthening its position as a strategic company at the European level, for which it will analyse any consolidation options for its business that arise in Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom, as revealed yesterday by the operator’s new CEO, Emilio Gayo, reports Bolsamania.com. ‘In Spain, Germany or the UK, Telefónica, which wants to play a strategic role at the…

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