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Plain-language pieces on eurozone inflation and ECB policy — the forces behind the numbers, grounded in the official data.
10-year government bond yields, explained — and why they differ inside the euro area
Nineteen governments borrow in the same currency at nineteen different prices. What the 10-year yield actually measures, why the German Bund is the benchmark, and what a spread is telling you.
Croatia after the euro: what actually happened to prices
Croatia adopted the euro in January 2023 amid fears that shops would round everything up. Two years on, the data tells a more interesting story than the headlines did.
Where is euro-area inflation heading? How to read the official forecasts
Searching for an inflation forecast returns a wall of numbers with different dates and owners. Which projections are official, how often each updates, and how to tell a forecast from a market bet.
Kif il-BĊE jistabbilixxi r-rati tal-imgħax — u kif deċiżjoni tasal sas-self għad-dar tiegħek
Tliet rati ta' politika, mira waħda, laqgħa kull sitt ġimgħat. X'jiddeċiedi tassew il-Kunsill Governattiv, u t-triq li bidla fir-rata trid taqsam qabel ma tidher fl-offerti tas-self u fir-rendimenti tal-bonds.
Mortgage rates across the euro area: why your country pays more (or less)
One ECB rate, very different mortgage bills. The fixed-versus-floating split, national banking quirks, and what actually decides the rate a household in Helsinki or Paris gets offered.
Munita waħda, wieħed u għoxrin rata ta' inflazzjoni — għaliex il-pajjiżi taż-żona tal-ewro jitbiegħdu minn xulxin
Kull pajjiż tal-ewro jaqsam l-istess flus u l-istess bank ċentrali, u madankollu r-rati tal-inflazzjoni tagħhom jistgħu joqogħdu punti perċentwali 'l bogħod minn xulxin. Id-distakk huwa strutturali, mhux kapriċċ statistiku.
Why Irish inflation often reads differently from what Dublin feels
Ireland can post one of the euro area's tamer HICP rates while households swear everything is dearer. The gap is real and has names: housing's odd place in the index, and a very open economy.
Why Romania's inflation keeps topping the EU charts
Romania has spent much of the past years at or near the top of the EU inflation ranking. The causes are specific and mostly home-grown: unwound price caps, tax rises, fast wages and a stubborn deficit.
Why Spain's youth unemployment stays so stubbornly high
Spain's under-25 unemployment rate has topped European charts for decades, in booms as well as busts. The causes are structural — and knowing them changes how to read every monthly release.
Il-Bulgarija tissieħeb fl-ewro — xi tfisser għall-inflazzjoni
Fl-1 ta' Jannar 2026 il-Bulgarija saret il-21 membru taż-żona tal-ewro. Peress li l-lev kien diġà marbut mal-ewro, ix-xokk monetarju huwa żgħir — imma l-istorja tal-inflazzjoni tistħoqq tinftiehem.
Għaliex l-inflazzjoni Baltika tisħon aktar minn dik tal-Ġermanja taħt rata waħda tal-BĊE
L-inflazzjoni armonizzata tal-Litwanja qiegħda toqrob il-5% filwaqt li dik tal-Ġermanja qiegħda taħt it-3% — taħt l-istess bank ċentrali eżatt. Id-distakk huwa strutturali, u huwa l-aktar illustrazzjoni ċara tal-problema tal-ewro ta' "qies wieħed għal kulħadd".
HICP vs CPI — għaliex l-inflazzjoni taż-żona tal-euro tuża kejl differenti
Iċ-ċifra li l-BĊE jimmira għaliha hija l-HICP, mhux is-CPI nazzjonali ta' pajjiżek. Ġeneralment jimxu flimkien, iżda d-differenzi huma reali u kultant kbar biżżejjed biex jgħoddu.