Economic Clues | Data today will offer more evidence of the euro area’s fading recovery, with manufacturing surveys forecast to weaken again in October. That follows numbers yesterday that showed debt-to-GDP ratios have expanded across the euro area thanks to a surge in borrowing and an unprecedented slump in economic output.
Virus latest | Poland joined Germany, Hungary and Romania in reporting a record gain in coronavirus infections, while Spain and France became the first countries in Western Europe to pass 1 million cases. Meanwhile, Belgium’s foreign affairs minister is being treated in the ICU, and governments across the continent are facing a dearth of medical staff. Here's the latest.