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• Recent Flash Purchasing Managers' Indices (PMIs), which measure economic activity, suggest the European Central Bank may raise interest rates in October. • France reported a September preliminary manufacturing PMI of 50.3, marking its second straight month of expansion. • A potential rate hike would increase borrowing costs for businesses and consumers across the Eurozone.

• Recent flash Purchasing Managers' Indices (PMIs), which measure economic activity, have made an interest rate hike by the European Central Bank in October a possibility. • France reported a September preliminary manufacturing PMI of 50.3, marking its second straight month of expansion. • This shift in economic data suggests the central bank may raise borrowing costs to manage growth and inflation across the eurozone.

Transcript reportedly details Hungarian leader offering whatever assistance he can to his Russian counterpartEurope live – latest updatesHungary elections explainerHungary’s Viktor Orbán offered to go to great lengths to help Vladimir Putin, telling the Russian leader “I am at your service” in an October call, it has emerged, prompting further scrutiny of Budapest’s ties to the Kremlin just as JD Vance arrived in the city.Air Force Two landed in Budapest on Tuesday morning, carrying the US vice-president and his wife, Usha Vance, as Hungary reaches the final, heated days of a hard-fought election campaign that has played out against a backdrop of scandals regarding the relationship between Budapest and Moscow. Continue reading...