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Euro is only one factor in loss of export market share
09/07/2014summaryLast March, the European Commission noted in its latest review of macroeconomic imbalances in France, that the deterioration of France's trade balance warrants "continuous policy...
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Spain returns to growth
23/07/2014summaryThe Bank of Spain today revised up its economic growth forecasts for this year and 2015 saying it expected a 2% growth in 2015 after internal demand and business investment accelerated...
View ArticleGreece and austerity 4 years later
28/07/2014summaryCalm has returned to Greece after 4 years of austerity. Calm has returned to Greece four years after an international bailout and anti-austerity riots three years ago. The economy is...
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German business cycle losing its shine; Outlook for H2 2014 bleak
05/08/2014summaryThe German business cycle losing its shine and economic growth likely suffered a worse setback in Q2 than initially presumed. A report this week says the outlook for H2 2014 is...
View ArticleRecovery in the Eurozone on hold
18/08/2014summaryThe recovery in the Eurozone has shuddered to a halt with Germany contracting in the second quarter. The recovery in the Eurozone has shuddered to a halt with Germany contracting in...
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Eurozone peripheral debt and record low yields
19/08/2014summaryOn Monday the Irish 10-year bond yield fell below 2% for the first time ever following a Fitch Ratings upgrade on Friday and a Eurozone bond markets rally on hopes that poor economic...
View ArticleTrichet and Wolf on ECB action
08/09/2014summaryThe European Central Bank unexpectedly cut interest rates and announced it would step up its asset buying programme. FT's Martin Wolf discusses the move with former ECB president...
View ArticleGermany targeting first planned annual budget surplus in 45 years; France in...
15/09/2014summaryGermany is targeting the first planned annual budget surplus in 45 years for 2015 while a Franco-German investment plan for euro area investments valued at €300bn and financed by...
View ArticleSpain frets as Catalonia eyes Scotland
17/09/2014summaryOutside of London and SE England, Scotland is the wealthiest region in the UK – Scotland’s unemployment rate is the same as the UK’s – while Catalonia in Spain and Flanders in Belgium...
View ArticleGermany recession fears
08/10/2014summaryGermany's industrial output suffered its biggest monthly drop in five years, stoking fears it could fall into recession.Germany's industrial output suffered its biggest monthly drop in...
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Eurozone manufacturing recovery continues despite deeper downturn in France
01/08/2014July saw the Eurozone Manufacturing PMI hold steady at June’s seven-month low of 51.8, as the ongoing expansions in Germany and outside of the big-two economies were partly offset by a deeper...
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In many EU countries staying in hotel/ eating out far more expensive than in...
05/08/2014In many EU countries, staying in a hotel and eating out in a restaurant are far more expensive than in Germany according to Destatis, the federal statistics office.Aug 05: Our hosting...
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Eurozone growth accelerates with boost from services as Germany and Spain...
05/08/2014Eurozone economic growth accelerated at the start of the third quarter. The final Markit Eurozone PMI (purchasing managers index) Composite Output Index rose to a three-month high of 53.8 in...
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Eurozone services PMI rose in August
03/09/2014Eurozone services business activity rose for the thirteenth successive month in August, according to a PMI (purchasing managers' index) survey today. The Eurozone Services Business Activity...
View ArticleEU-wide stress tests on banks
29/10/2014summaryThe recent EU-wide stress tests on banks and the asset quality review could mark a turning point in the bloc’s crisis but what is needed for a sustainable recovery in the Eurozone?The...
View ArticleWhy it is cheaper to buy property in Berlin than in other European capitals
10/11/2014summaryWhile property prices have soared in European capital cities such as London and Paris, the city of Berlin remains an exception. read more
View ArticleBerlin Wall and the new Iron Curtain
13/11/2014summaryThe Berlin Wall fell 25 years ago, marking the end of Communism. But with sentiment in Russia growing more anti-western, did we cheer too soon about the fall of the Iron Curtain?The...
View ArticleEurozone – lost in stagnation
17/11/2014summaryGDP (gross national product) rose by 0.2% in the Eurozone (EA18) and by 0.3% in the EU28 during the third quarter of 2014, compared with the previous quarter, according to estimates...
View ArticleReform and boosting demand in Europe
10/12/2014summaryEurope must adopt policies to grow and reform at the same time to reverse its downward economic slide, excessively low inflation, high unemployment, and the risk of a lost decade or...
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