‘The Swabian housewife has learned to act more like a Swabian SME,’ says academic

House prices fall by the most in more than 11 years, according to mortgage lender Nationwide

German state will become biggest shareholder as Covid-19 halts travel boom

Slew of Dublin-listed companies scrap multimillion-euro dividend payment plans

Finance ministers agree to suspend restrictions on borrowing and spending to deal with Covid-19

Chancellor resigns over demands to sack his advisers and is replaced by Rishi Sunak

Investors now awaiting ECB meeting on Thursday where interest rate cut is expected

Move to impose annual levy, if taken up by other EU states, could leave Ireland isolated

Poised to take helm at ECB, French role model has talent for right place at right time

Gabriel Makhlouf due to take up post in September

New Zealand finance official Gabriel Makhlouf facing inquiry over budget hack claims

Gabriel Makhlouf facing an inquiry during last weeks in New Zealand finance ministry

Netanyahu dissolves parliament to deny opposition chance to form government

Stock futures fall as uncertainty keeps investors on edge

Vincent Boland: German banking giants are stuck in a post-financial crisis half-life

World’s largest sovereign investor ditches oil and gas stocks

Bruno Le Maire will also deliver a talk on economic policy during Dublin visit

Insurer files for bankruptcy in Copenhagen, likelt to run into tens of millions of euro

UK to bring forward stake limits in move set to cost Paddy Power Betfair €53m

Opinion polls show majority want opportunity to vote on final terms of Brexit deal

Currency down 30 per cent in 2018 as US meeting fails to progress sanctions dispute

In Dublin, FBD shares tick up despite internal inquiry

Inquiry is examining Alexis Kohler’s links to a Swiss-Italian shipping company

Wagenknecht and Lafontaine woo AfD working-class voters with #fairLand

Beijing raising tariffs on pork, aluminium scrap and some other products by 25%

Taoiseach’s inaugural official visit to Berlin a chance to explore growing EU reform debate

Euro-area finance ministers agree to disburse €6.7 billion in aid starting in February

Britain’s finance ministry says move not effort to secure energy giant’s IPO for London

President Xi Jinping’s campaign against corrupt communists are a key plank of policy

Qatar’s debt carries the fourth-highest investment grade at S&P Global Ratings

Angela Merkel’s weakened parliamentary mandate seriously undercuts the possibility of support for the French president’s proposals

World’s largest sovereign wealth fund unveils proposals to transform its investments

Opposition politicians say it may be legal to earn Greek money but is morally dubious

Further charges including obstruction of justice expected to follow this week

Deal would be one of largest property transactions in Europe in recent years

Credit rating cut to A1 - the first reduction in nearly 30 years - as debts continue to mount

The move is intended as a sweetener for global banks moving to Europe

If Mr Macron can demonstrate that he is really reforming France, he might then gain the credibility to go to Berlin and demand reforms to the EU.

Legislation calls for tightening rules that allow deduction of certain internal expenses