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Euro zone inflation turned negative again in September as oil prices tumbled. As David Pollard reports, it will raise the pressure on the European Central Bank to beef up its asset purchases to kick start anaemic price growth.
The euro zone economy ended 2014 with its worst quarter for over a year, increasing pressure on the ECB to act. Ciara Lee reports.
German retail sales were even stronger than expected in August and euro zone inflation shows signs of perking up. Good news for the ECB; Japan's central bankers, though, are confronted with another set of inflation data going the wrong way. Kate King reports.
Euro zone factory growth remained tepid as uncertainty around Greek debt talks - and the country's possible departure from the bloc swept across the region. As Ciara Lee reports there was one bright spot - French manufacturers have finally emerged from recession.
The European Central Bank has taken the ultimate policy leap, launching a government bond-buying programme which will pump hundreds of billions of new money into a sagging euro zone economy. David Pollard asks if it will have the necessary impact?