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		<title>Eurozone Growth Hits Near Standstill</title>
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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>Eurozone Growth Slows as Ireland Slumps</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Growth Revised Downward The eurozone economy ended 2025 on a softer note than first thought.]]></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>Eurozone Manufacturing Slumps to Nine-Month Low as German Woes Deepen Industrial Slowdown</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 12:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Eurozone Manufacturing Faces Sharp Downturn The eurozone’s manufacturing sector ended 2025 on a weak note,]]></description>
		
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		<title>Eurozone Economy Expands 0.2% as Spain Drives Growth</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Eurozone economy grows 0.2% in Q3 2025 as Spain and France drive expansion, while Germany]]></description>
		
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		<title>France’s Credit Rating in 2025: What It Means and Why It Matters</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 20:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Understand France’s credit rating in 2025, who sets it, why it matters, and what it]]></description>
		
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		<title>Cryptocurrency: France will Experiment from 2020 on a “Digital Euro” to respond to Facebook&#8217;s Libra</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2020/12/cryptocurrency-france-experiment-2020-digital-euro-respond-facebooks-libra/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2020 14:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[CRYPTOCURRENCY: This initiative by the French central bank, for a &#8220;digital euro&#8221;, is a first in]]></description>
		
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		<title>For the Court of Auditors, France will have to tighten (seriously) the belt</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2017/02/court-auditors-france-will-tighten-seriously-belt/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2017 07:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[AUSTERITY: The next government will carry out &#8220;efforts of unprecedented magnitude on spending,&#8221; says the Court]]></description>
		
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		<title>Eurozone: Inflation Takes off in December</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[spanner44]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2017 05:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Economic: The recovery in energy prices contributed to the increase in inflation in the euro]]></description>
		
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