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29th Mar 2024

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UK businesses' Brexit worries ease slightly

Brexit worries of some of Britain's biggest businesses have eased slightly over the past three months, a survey by accountants Deloitte showed on Monday. The poll is based on surveying 102 chief financial officers and group finance directors at Britain's biggest companies. Optimism among chief financial officers (CFOs) has recovered with 27% saying they are more optimistic about the prospects for their company than they were three months ago.

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Opinion

EU Modernisation Fund: an open door for fossil gas in Romania

Among the largest sources of financing for energy transition of central and eastern European countries, the €60bn Modernisation Fund remains far from the public eye. And perhaps that's one reason it is often used for financing fossil gas projects.

'Swiftly dial back' interest rates, ECB told

Italian central banker Piero Cipollone in his first monetary policy speech since joining the ECB's board in November, said that the bank should be ready to "swiftly dial back our restrictive monetary policy stance."

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