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Follow key economic developments from Europe and the eurozone, with local expertise on national economies, politics, food and agribusiness, the energy transition, sustainability, and more.
Economic Quarterly The Netherlands June 2026: Middle East crisis causes economic pain, but no recession
The ongoing crisis in the Middle East continues to dominate the economic outlook, causing disruptions to energy markets and supply chains worldwide.
EU to the rescue: EU-UK reset takes shape through targeted agreements
Starmer seeks to salvage his premiership by pushing for closer ties with Europe. The new agreements expected in July won't move the needle.
Consumer Foods-to-Go Wrap! Wrapping up May 2026 in consumer foods
The Consumer Foods-to-Go team is back with another monthly wrap-up, looking back at everything that happened in May. It was a particularly eventful month, with several
Exclusive Global beef quarterly Q2 2026
While new trade agreements are improving market access, tight supply dominates. Rising prices and declining production continue to shape global beef markets in 2026.
ECB preview: A risk-management hike
The risks to inflation are becoming more skewed. We therefore expect that the ECB will hike the deposit rate to 2.25%.
ECB preview: A risk-management hike
The risks to inflation are becoming more skewed. We therefore expect that the ECB will opt for a 25bp risk-management hike next week.
Exclusive Longer Stalemate, Higher Prices
As long as the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, energy inventories will draw and force prices higher over time.
Exclusive Oil markets under pressure
In this special we developed a partial global oil supply chain model to assess bottleneck risks and analyse how markets adjust under disruption scenarios.
Global Daily: Massive Life Support
“On massive life support” was Donald Trump’s characterisation of the US-Iran ceasefire yesterday...
Exclusive The coming of age of online grocery in Europe
Europe’s online grocery market is settling into a phase of slower growth, where scale, cost control, and platform partnerships will increasingly determine success.
The great electrification
The great electrification is reshaping the energy system of the EU at unprecedented speed.
Up and down we go
Oil markets are experiencing extreme volatility, reacting to every new – often conflicting – signal from the White House on the war’s outcome.
