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Euro

  • Wednesday, 9 July, 2025
    Katie Martin
    The double-edged sword of a strong euro

    Doubts about the dollar bring a new set of problems for Europe

    euro banknotes
  • Thursday, 3 July, 2025
    News in-depth
    ECB officials question whether euro has strengthened too much

    Policymakers at central bank fret that a surging currency increases the risk of inflation undershooting

    ECB president Christine Lagarde
  • Saturday, 28 June, 2025
    The Long ViewKatie Martin
    Time to give the euro a glow-up

    The drumbeat of support for Europe to make its move to challenge the dollar is growing

    A Euro coin set against a blue, glittery background
  • Sunday, 22 June, 2025
    Enrico Letta
    Trump has handed Europe a chance to shape its own future

    American retreat should be the catalyst for deeper integration and with it a stronger EU

  • Friday, 20 June, 2025
    France pushes for joint debt to bolster international role of euro

    EU leaders to discuss measures aimed at making single currency more attractive on global markets

    Euro banknotes including values of 100, 50, 20 and 10
  • Tuesday, 17 June, 2025
    Christine Lagarde
    This is Europe’s ‘global euro’ moment

    But greater international prominence will not happen by default — it must be earned

    European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde
  • Wednesday, 4 June, 2025
    Bulgaria
    Bulgaria to join Eurozone in 2026

    Country’s populist pro-Russian forces continue to oppose adoption of the euro

    Protesters at an anti-euro rally in Sofia with one person beating a drum
  • Tuesday, 27 May, 2025
    Bulgaria
    Bulgaria says it is back on track to adopt euro in 2026

    Eurozone accession was repeatedly pushed back due to political turmoil and rising inflation

    Protesters supporting the Bulgarian lev against the introduction of the euro outside the Bulgarian National Bank in Sofia in February 2025
  • Tuesday, 27 May, 2025
    Markets InsightMarieke Blom
    Now is the time to reopen the Eurozone bond debate

    The EU now has a unique chance to capitalise on investor doubts about the US and promote the euro as a reserve currency

    The euro sign is prominently displayed in front of the former European Central Bank headquarters in Frankfurt
  • Friday, 23 May, 2025
    The Long ViewKatie Martin
    The EU needs to step up its challenge to the dollar

    The euro should be developed more as a haven asset for times of market stress

    US dollar and euro bank notes
  • Tuesday, 20 May, 2025
    Martin Wolf
    Trump’s assault on the global dollar

    The difficulty is that, however unsatisfactory the hegemon might be, the alternatives look worse

    James Ferguson illustration of a hand, wearing a Maga cufflink, about to flip a silver dollar
  • Thursday, 15 May, 2025
    Corporate bonds
    ‘Reverse Yankee’ deals hit record as US companies flock to euro debt market

    Issuance exceeds €40bn thanks to lower borrowing costs and the opportunity to diversify funding sources

    The Pfizer logo displayed on a metal sign outside the company’s headquarters in New York City
  • Wednesday, 7 May, 2025
    European companies
    European companies sound alarm over strong euro

    Surge in the single currency against the dollar this year is becoming a concern for exporters

    A blue Porsche GT3 is displayed under bright lights during the Group Night Shanghai 2025 event hosted by Volkswagen, ahead of the Shanghai Auto Show
  • Wednesday, 7 May, 2025
    Markets InsightHélène Rey
    How Europe should respond to the erosion of the dollar’s status

    Greater internationalisation of the euro requires a more resilient financial system for the region

    Dollar and euro banknotes
  • Monday, 5 May, 2025
    Martin Sandbu
    Trump has created a chance for the euro to rival the dollar

    European leaders need to shed their political timidity to take the necessary steps

    Euros and Dollars
  • Saturday, 19 April, 2025
    Bunds
    German bonds rise with euro as investors head for Europe’s haven

    Fund managers say ‘breakdown’ in usual market dynamics suggests global flight to Eurozone safe asset

    A one euro coin sits on top of a one pound coin in this arranged photograph in London
  • Sunday, 6 April, 2025
    Martin Sandbu
    The battle for the global payments system is under way

    Some Europeans are looking to the next geoeconomic contest

    euro banknotes
  • Tuesday, 18 March, 2025
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    The Eurozone’s moment of truth Premium content

    Its strengths and weaknesses are well known, but the Trump administration is creating new opportunities and threats

    Ukraine servicemen fire a Leopard 1A5 tank during training in the country’s Zaporizhzhia region
  • Sunday, 9 March, 2025
    Foreign exchange
    Is euro-dollar parity now off the cards?

    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

    A 10 dollar bill next to a 20 euro bill
  • Friday, 7 March, 2025
    Euro on course for best week since 2009

    Hopes for stronger economic growth fuel sharp recovery as dollar weakens

  • Thursday, 6 March, 2025
    Euro has ‘clear path’ towards greater reserve currency use, says Eurogroup president

    Paschal Donohoe’s comments come as investors speculate over shift in US dollar’s dominant role

    A 100-euro note on top of a pile of US dollar notes
  • Friday, 3 January, 2025
    US dollar
    Dollar surges against euro and sterling

    US jobs data adds to investor confidence over strength of American economy

    US dollar and euro banknotes
  • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
    Pound Sterling
    Sterling hovers near highest level against euro since Brexit vote

    Single currency weighed down by weak economy and expectations of further interest rate cuts

    A line of pound and euro coins, with the EU flag blurred in the background
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    Chris Giles
    The astonishing success of Eurozone bailouts

    As Greek borrowing costs fall to French levels, the bloc’s ‘periphery’ shows the value of steady reform

    People eat in a restaurant in Athens as a chef cooks in the open kitchen
  • Friday, 22 November, 2024
    Trade war worries drive euro to two-year low

    Single currency has been a victim of a market shift to anticipate Trump’s tariff policies

    A shopper hands over a €10 banknote to a vendor at a local market in Nice, France
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