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Public transport delays threaten to derail Erdogan

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TURKEY

The change in signage is part of a broader contest between the national government and opposition mayors to deliver and claim credit for completing stalled municipal rail…

The ECB will set the speed of global credit tightening

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INTERNATIONAL

The ECB's plan could tip the scales towards tighter credit conditions globally. However, there are concerns about global growth -- particularly in the euro-area -- and government…

Markets question degree of monetary divergence

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INTERNATIONAL

Monetary divergence.

Hungary’s rising prices may shift monetary policy

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HUNGARY

The sharp slide in the forint is fuelling inflationary pressures, testing the resolve of the National Bank (MNB -- the central bank) to continue providing stimulus to the economy…

Waning monetary policy effectiveness will fire debate

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INTERNATIONAL

This closely followed the decision by the US Federal Reserve (Fed) to cut its main interest rate for the first time in more than a decade, accentuating investor concerns about the…

Price pressures on Croatia’s property market may ease

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CROATIA

This was higher than the annual rates recorded during the pre-2008 boom, and comfortably above 2022 inflation. Property prices are rising because of a combination of low interest…

ECB faces multiple challenges in withdrawing stimulus

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EU

ECB policy deliberations.

Bulgaria’s biggest post-1989 arms spend widens deficit

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BULGARIA

Bulgaria’s F-16 purchase.

Central Europe's slow rate rises will aim at growth

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CENTRAL EUROPE

The MNB’s first rate rise in a decade responds to headline inflation rising to the highest rate in the EU. The US Federal Reserve (Fed) decision to bring forward raising interest…

Disorderly Central European asset sell-off is unlikely

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CENTRAL EUROPE

With inflation rates rising and speculation mounting about the timing of the ECB’s own exit from its programme of quantitative easing (QE), last month’s decision by the Czech…