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Inflation Expectations in Europe Rise to Highest in Over a Year

Inflation Expectations in Europe Rise to Highest in Over a Year
Hopes around the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines and accommodative central banks are boosting price forecasts
A shoe shop offering discounts during the winter sales in Seville, Spain.
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Jan. 13, 2021 11:49 am ET
European inflation expectations are rising as investors anticipate ongoing easy monetary policy and a global economic rebound boosted by U.S. fiscal spending.
The closely watched 5-year 5-year forward inflation swap rate for the euro area rose above 1.35% Tuesday, the highest in over a year. It continued to hover near that level Wednesday. The metric shows an average expectation for price increases over five years.

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Zombies Could Stunt the Bank Recovery

Zombies Could Stunt the Bank Recovery
Europe’s lockdown-support programs risk creating the kind of festering bad-debt problems that damaged its economy after the financial crisis
Last month, the European Central Bank said insolvency laws that could create so-called zombie firms remain a risk.
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Jan. 12, 2021 5:37 am ET
A decade ago, Europe’s recovery from the global financial crisis was held back by the lingering bad-debt problems of its banks. History risks repeating itself.
The region’s generous lockdown-support programs and patchwork of insolvency laws could create so-called zombie firms—inefficient companies kept alive by cheap debt. Last month, the European Central Bank said this remains a risk.

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