Economy

German exports fell in July for the first time in five months, dragged down by weakening demand from China and the eurozone, raising fresh concerns about the durability of Europe’s largest economy’s recovery.

With most EU countries missing the transposition deadline for the bloc’s landmark Pay Transparency Directive, fresh data on job advertising hints at slow but measurable shifts in how employers disclose salaries.

Global bond yields are climbing sharply, but stock markets are proving surprisingly resilient — and analysts say robust corporate earnings and strong economic growth may explain why.

Greece’s marine fishing industry recorded revenues of €166.6 million in 2025, with anchovy topping the catch charts and the Northern Aegean accounting for the lion’s share of the country’s total output.

Greater Manchester’s energy adviser is exploring new year measures to ease household energy costs, as UK and European natural gas prices reach their highest levels since the 2022-23 winter crisis.

Germany’s gas storage association warns the country will miss its November filling target at current injection rates, leaving industrial users exposed if winter temperatures fall sharply.

Germany’s August inflation rate came in at 2.9% on the ECB’s harmonised measure, accelerating from July but falling short of the 3.1% economists had forecast, offering modest relief ahead of next week’s critical ECB policy meeting in Frankfurt.

The new Federal Reserve chair steps onto the world’s most watched central banking stage confronting elevated long-term yields, above-target inflation and an unusual Treasury intervention in US debt markets.

Bookshops and stationery retailers across Greece are seeing a rise in customer footfall as families begin the annual and often costly task of preparing their children for the new academic year.