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The euro zone economy grew by 0.4% in the first quarter of 2018

Slowing euro zone growth confirmed in first quarter

Business / 07 Jun

German industrial orders fall for fourth month in a row in April

German industrial orders plunge on trade war fears

Business / 07 Jun

IHS Markit's Final Composite Purchasing Managers' Index, seen as a good overall indicator of euro zone growth, fell to an 18-month low of 54.1 in May from April 's 55.1

Euro zone business activity slows again in May - PMI

Business / 05 Jun

IHS Markit's May final manufacturing PMI for the bloc slipped for a fifth month in May, falling to a 15-month low of 55.5 from April's 56.2

Euro zone factory growth at 15-month low in May

Business / 01 Jun

New figures confirm that the German economy grew by 0.3% in the first quarter of the year

Construction, consumption drive German growth in Q1

Business / 24 May

The IMF forecast that growth in advanced European economies would slow to 2.3% this year from 2.4% in 2017

Europe not using good economic growth to reform - IMF

Business / 15 May

Euro zone economy grew by 0.4% in the first quarter of 2018

Euro zone's first quarter slowdown confirmed

Business / 15 May

Euro zone retail sales, an often revised indicator, rose by just 0.1% in March for a 0.8% annual increase

Euro zone retail sales growth slows sharply in March

Business / 04 May

IHS Markit's composite flash Purchasing Managers' Index for the euro zone held steady in April at March's 14-month low of 55.2

Despite slowdown euro zone business growth still strong

Business / 23 Apr

Investor morale in the euro zone deteriorated again in April on concerns about a slowdown in global growth

Euro zone investor morale falls - Sentix

Business / 09 Apr

Seasonally adjusted German exports fell by 3.2% on the month, the steepest decline since August 2015

German exports post biggest drop since 2015

Business / 09 Apr

Businesses across the euro zone ended the first quarter with their weakest expansion since the start of 2017 as bad weather and a strong currency combined to curb growth in new orders

ECB unlikely to go off-piste after snow-led slowdown

Business / 05 Apr

The EU's official statistics agency said the jobless rate in the single currency area fell to 8.5% in February, down from 8.6% in January

Euro zone unemployment at lowest since December 2008

Business / 04 Apr

Lending to non-financial companies grew just 3.1% in February, slowing from a post-crisis high of 3.4% a month earlier

Lending to euro zone companies slowed last month

Business / 27 Mar

Mario Draghi said any US move on tariffs would add more generally to concerns over international relations

ECB drops pledge to increase bond buys, if needed

Business / 08 Mar

The euro zone economy grew by 0.6% in the final quarter of 2017

Strong euro zone economy confirmed at end of 2017

Business / 07 Mar

Euro zone retail sales increased by more than expected year-on-year in January thanks to sales of non-food products

Annual euro zone retail sales up as online sales jump

Business / 05 Mar

Germany's unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.4% in February, the lowest level since the country's reunification in 1990

German jobs bonanza drives employment to record high

Business / 28 Feb

France's economy saw its best economic growth since 2011 last year

French economy grew by 2% last year

Business / 28 Feb

The euro zone recorded an adjusted surplus of €29.9 billion in December

Euro zone adjusted current account surplus narrows

Business / 19 Feb

The German economy expanded by 2.2% over 2017

Exports drive solid German growth in fourth quarter

Business / 14 Feb

Economic growth in the euro zone hit 2.5% last year

Euro zone economy growth hits highest in decade

Business / 30 Jan

The ECB President said the recent volatility in exchange rates represents a source of uncertainty which needs monitoring

Exchange rate volatility a 'source of uncertainty'

Business / 25 Jan

The Ifo economic institute said its business climate index rose to 117.6 in January from 117.2 in December

German Ifo business morale improves unexpectedly

Business / 25 Jan

The seasonally adjusted deficit of the euro zone fell to 0.3% of GDP from 1% in the second quarter

Euro zone deficit drops to lowest level in Q3

Business / 24 Jan

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