The euro zone economy showed some signs of life on Tuesday with a raft of indicators pointing to lukewarm but still positive growth for a bloc that has been skirting a recession for over a year. Industrial output expanded and lending demand rose, while expectations in a key German sentiment survey »»»

FRANKFURT, April 26 — Euro zone lending continued to stagnate in March and consumers trimmed their inflation expectations as record-high borrowing costs kept putting the brakes on the euro zone’s economy, European Central Bank (ECB) reports showed today. The data was likely to cement the ECB’s plan»»»

Surging food costs dashed hopes of a steeper fall in the eurozone’s annual inflation rate in February. Inflation was down to 8.5 percent last month from 8.6 percent in January, but the analyst consensus forecast compiled by financial data firm FactSet was 8.2 percent, while that of Bloomberg was 8.»»»

FRANKFURT, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Bank lending to euro zone companies tumbled in December, effectively ending the sector's biggest borrowing binge in more than a decade as rising interest rates and a possible recession appear to be taking their toll, European Central Bank data showed on Friday. With in»»»