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		<title>Eurozone Growth Hits Near Standstill</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2026/05/eurozone-growth-hits-near-standstill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 08:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Eurozone Growth Stalls as Energy Crisis Bites The eurozone economy has entered 2026 on shaky]]></description>
		
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		<title>ECB Warns Inflation Could Surge Amid Iran War</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[ECB Warns Inflation Could Surge as Iran Conflict Drives Energy Prices Higher The European Central]]></description>
		
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		<title>What Is Happening in the Global Economy in 2026? Inflation, Interest Rates and Markets Explained</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What is happening in the global economy in 2026? Inflation, interest rates, gold, crypto and]]></description>
		
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		<title>Energy Shock Rocks Europe’s Rate Outlook</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Energy prices surge amid Iran conflict, forcing ECB and UK to rethink rate cuts. What]]></description>
		
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		<title>France Inflation Slows to 0.7% in December as Energy Prices Fall</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 21:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[France’s Inflation Cools to Its Lowest in Seven Months France saw a further cooling of]]></description>
		
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		<title>Moody’s Turns France Outlook Negative as ECB Set to Hold: What UK Expats in France Should Do</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2025 10:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Moody’s shifted France’s outlook to negative and the ECB is poised to hold rates. What]]></description>
		
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		<title>For the European Central Bank, why do we all have to have 70 to 100 euros in cash?</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2025/09/european-central-bank-cash-home/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 20:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We talk about gold as a safe haven, but in reality, in the event of]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8216;Stay Calm and Keep Cash&#8217;: European Central Bank Calls for Keeping Cash at Home</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 19:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A note published this Wednesday on the website of the European Central Bank explains the]]></description>
		
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		<title>Inflation: &#8220;We Have the Beginnings of Good News&#8221;, says the Governor of the Banque de France</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2023/07/inflation-beginnings-good-news-says-governor-banque-de-france/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2023 07:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This Tuesday 11th July 2023, the Governor of the Banque de France spoke about inflation]]></description>
		
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		<title>What Could the Digital Euro be Used For?</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2023/07/digital-euro-used/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2023 08:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Monetary sovereignty, privacy, cash replacement, the European Central Bank&#8217;s digital euro project raises many questions.]]></description>
		
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