Euro zone states must keep fiscal spending up this year and into 2022 to protect the bloc from permanent damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said in an online interview with the Economist on Wednesday.
The greening of the planet should mean fewer dollars need to be held in reserve around the world and may fuel persistent doubts about the greenback's future as the dominant world currency.
Stress tests on Omani banks showed "positive indicators" about their ability to resist shocks, such as low oil prices and non-performing loans, state television quoted the central bank's deputy executive chairman saying on Wednesday.
Poland's biggest power group PGE and Danish counterpart Orsted have struck a deal to jointly develop two offshore wind projects in the Baltic Sea that could generate enough electricity to power four million homes.