The major Eurozone economy has been mired in political turmoil
Cac 40 down more than 6% since Macron called election, with big spending plans likely to be favoured by new parliament
Leaders agree to front-load funding for Kyiv backed by expected profits from frozen Russian assets
Ukraine needs the money Russia owes it, all of it and fast
The US stock market accounted for $56bn of the $116bn pumped into exchange traded funds
Finance minister dubs snap poll ‘most consequential’ in history of Fifth Republic
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Tepid demand for new US Treasury auctions drives rates higher and prompts a retreat in major stock indices
Also in this newsletter: Poland and Greece demand a shared EU air defence system
Move against western lenders follows dispute with subsidiary of Gazprom
Efama president says small group of states could forge ahead and warns delay hands ‘ever-increasing advantages’ to US
Market conditions are reminiscent of the soft landing that followed Alan Greenspan’s ‘Fed pivot’
Deep pool of retail and institutional investors has helped Stockholm defy continent’s capital markets gloom
Copenhagen compares blaze that has destroyed large parts of its 400-year-old Børsen to Notre-Dame fire of 2019
Hope that Washington’s idea could generate tens of billions in cash for Kyiv
Executives and governments must invest in growth
Family business behind Charlotte Tilbury and Paco Rabanne plans to list in Madrid and other Spanish stock exchanges
Wall Street recovers following a global sell-off that came as oil spiked above $90 a barrel
Uncertain executives are favouring share buybacks over tapping buoyant markets to fund investment
Economic data is already starting to surprise on the upside but markets are proving slow to accept this
Hotel groups and carmakers outperform Stoxx Europe 600 as recession fears recede
How Moscow can be made to compensate Ukraine without confiscation
Belief grows in further gains with recession fears abating and improved corporate earnings
Move will allow securities holders to claw back value of investments frozen over Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine
Companies have raised $3.2bn since January, more than double last year, but challenges remain
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