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The French central bank has raised its inflation forecast this time mainly due to the combined impact of factors such as fluctuations in energy and food prices and cost transmission in the services sector. The bank will continue to monitor inflation trends going forward to provide a reference basis for adjustments to relevant monetary policies.

In the past, we have also had very active years—2021 was obviously very active—we all wondered whether we would see trading volumes matching those levels again in our careers.

According to Dealogic data, this Wall Street investment bank has already advised on mergers and acquisitions totaling more than $1 trillion this year, marking the fastest record for any bank to reach this milestone. Data compiled by Bloomberg shows that the total value of deals announced so far this year is about $1.7 trillion (excluding the SpaceX and xAI merger). This scale is roughly equivalent to the level seen during the M&A peak in the same period of 2021. However, during the record-breaking M&A boom in 2021, Goldman Sachs did not surpass the $1 trillion mark until mid-July. According to Dealogic data, this year Goldman Sachs’ competitors are still about $300 billion short of the $1 trillion mark. Read more