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Washington Post (November 18)

2024/ 11/ 20 by jd in Global News

“Donald Trump’s return has delivered a jolt of shock therapy to Europeans already grappling with anemic economies, impotent leaders and rising populism. The urgent question is whether Trump 2.0 galvanizes Europe and impels reforms or hastens the continent’s decline.”

 

Le Monde (November 6)

2024/ 11/ 06 by jd in Global News

Trump’s second term marks “the end of an American world” and, for Europe, will prove “even more perilous” than his first term. “There is a real risk that Europe will be divided or even fractured…. This threat is existential for the European Union, and its leaders need to be aware of it and prepared to confront it, without waiting for Trump to take office.”

 

Bloomberg (October 15)

2024/ 10/ 17 by jd in Global News

“Europe’s saga has taken a new turn. At its last meeting, the European Central Bank seemed in no hurry to cut rates further. Now expectation has shifted to virtual certainty that a rate cut is coming. Indeed, market participants expect the ECB to cut rates in almost perfect synchronization with the Federal Reserve.”

 

Fortune (October 3)

2024/ 10/ 05 by jd in Global News

“The boss of German carmaker Mercedes-Benz is bracing his company for a ‘Darwinian battle’ as Europe’s auto giants reel from falling demand and the onslaught of Chinese competitors.” CEO Ola Källenius and Mercedes-Benz are at “a pivotal moment of sink or swim.” As EV uptake slows in the Europe, “a similar demand glut in China and the emergence of cheap competitors from the region has left Europe’s carmakers fighting fires at home and overseas.”

 

Reuters (September 28)

2024/ 09/ 29 by jd in Global News

“Treasury yields and the dollar fell while the Dow registered a record closing high on Friday as a subdued U.S. inflation report lifted expectations of an outsized interest rate cut at the Federal Reserve’s November policy meeting.” On top of that, “a global stock index also reached a record high, helped by China’s stimulus boost, and European shares posted an all-time high close.”

 

Washington Post (September 19)

2024/ 09/ 22 by jd in Global News

Europe faces many challenges, but the largest is structural. “The E.U. is still not really one big thing, but a collection of smaller ones. This makes it difficult for companies to scale” or for the EU to pursue a coherent strategy. “Mr. Draghi’s report has many good ideas — to unify budgets, markets and strategies; to streamline rules to encourage innovation. At its core, the message is one that Europeans have heard before: For Europe to thrive, it must act as Europe.”

 

New York Times (August 25)

2024/ 08/ 26 by jd in Global News

“Given the war in Ukraine, the risks of a larger war in the Middle East and China’s accelerating challenge to American primacy, Europe needs the United States more than it has since the end of the Cold War. And America still has a unique and valuable asset that its growing list of rivals and adversaries don’t: reliable allies and partners in Europe.” No two ways about it: “America and Europe need each other.”

 

Financial Times (August 23)

2024/ 08/ 24 by jd in Global News

“Closely watched gauges of long-term inflation expectations in Europe have reached their lowest levels for almost two years, in a sign that investors think central banks can keep lowering interest rates without risking a flare-up in price pressures.” Concerns are also easing in the U.S., with “markets pricing the average long-term inflation rate at 2.4 per cent, down from 2.6 per cent in July.”

 

South China Morning Post (July 11)

2024/ 07/ 12 by jd in Global News

“The Asia-Pacific region has outpaced other regions in terms of wealth growth since 2008,” During the past 15 years, “wealth in the region has grown by nearly 177 per cent…. The Americas came in second at nearly 146 per cent, while Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) saw the slowest growth at 44 per cent.”

 

The Guardian (June 24)

2024/ 06/ 26 by jd in Global News

Emmanuel Macron “opted to call the French electorate’s bluff, calculating that the prospect of a radical-right prime minister in the Élysée would ‘clarify’ its thinking. A week away from the first round of a poll whose consequences will reverberate around Europe, this reckless gamble shows no sign at all of paying off.”

 

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