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Davos can’t stop worrying about inflation genie in the new Trump era bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Craig Stirling

This is a fair account of UK EU relations and the impact of Brexit. As I wrote last September, rebuilding the relationship will take time and be rather hesitant on both sides. theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

Frankfurt’s skyline is getting darker as old office towers in Germany's financial capital sit vacant bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

I had no idea this was the reason why Compare the Market uses those very annoying meerkats for its advertising. Fascinating bit of history from Sunday Times biz piece.

Some advanced economies including the UK shouldn’t delay interest-rate cuts at a time when their labor markets may be about to sour, according to TS Lombard economist Dario Perkins. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Economics

“Starmer spent four years pretending he thought Corbyn would be a suitable PM. After that, pretending Trump is a master diplomat is child’s play” — Robert Hutton’s #Sketch thecritic.co.uk/a-spectre-is-h…

Gold in the Bank of England vault is trading at a discount to the wider market, as fears over potential Trump tariffs spark a scramble for bullion trib.al/F5seueD

Britain's Agas fall silent for death of Aga Khan thedailymash.co.uk/news/celebrity…

Sunday’s election was a stark reminder of a growing ideological divide in German politics trib.al/PhV8rjd

Increased European defence spending couldn't come at a worse time for countries with stretched budget balances

The UK is a Hostage to fortune in a world roiled by Trump bloomberg.com/news/newslette… via Craig Stirling

I don't think I have ever read anything so absurd in Financial Times Why publish it? The idea that VAT somehow creates a trade barrier, and is equivalent to a 25% tariff, is self evidently utter nonsense. ft.com/content/1de4d6…

EU trade chiefs close ranks as Trump tariffs jolt global trade bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Kamil Kowalcze Jorge Valero

Tricky decision for #Turkey's central bank today. Its 1st rate meeting (bar the emergency one when it hiked its overnight rate) since Imamoglu's detention & Trump's tariffs hit the #lira hard. Consensus is for a hold at 42.5%. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… beril a.

Cryptoassets could pose a stability risk to financial markets if the US push to embrace them ends up fostering systemic significance, the Bank of Italy says bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Craig Stirling Flavia Rotondi

EU exports to US shot up just before Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Craig Stirling

Italy is just two days away from the chance to start shaking off the near-junk status that has hung over Giorgia Meloni’s premiership bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Man in Norway wakes to find huge container ship in garden bbc.in/45mJNx6

Lagarde steels for battles ahead after ECB hits sweet spot bloomberg.com/news/articles/… with Craig Stirling Alice Gledhill

Switzerland’s likely interest-rate cut to zero threatens to test banks bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bastian Benrath