Economics
The EU’s Not So V-Recovery: Industrial production down by 0.4% in euro area and unchanged in EU
And this was before the second wave Read here
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Economics
The EU’s prodigious V-Recovery – August: EU international trade in goods surplus falls to €11.3 billion
This was the second monthly decline in a row. When one considers that the trade surplus with Britain was round €64 billion in the first eight months of the year (second only to the USA) […]
Economics
EU’s mind-boggling V-Recovery – Hardly any increase in Industrial Production
In August 2020, a month marked by a relaxation of COVID-19 containment measures in many Member States, the seasonally adjusted industrial production rose by a mere 0.7% in the euro area and by 1.0% in […]
Economics
EU’s V-Recovery Barrels On (Downwards): Total labour market slack up to 14%
The EU seasonally adjusted employment rate for people aged 20-64 stood at 72.0%, down by 1.0pp from73.0% in the first quarter 2020.This has been the sharpest quarter-on-quarter decline since the beginning of the time series […]
Economics
The EU’s Booming Economy: Euro area annual inflation down to -0.3%
Euro area annual inflation is expected to be-0.3%in September 2020, down from -0.2% in August according to a flash estimate from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union Read here
Economics
Eurostat: Business investment decreases to 23.2% in the euro area
The EU’s V-Recovery is unstoppable! The business investment rate in the euro area decreased to 23.2%, compared with 25.3% in the first quarter of 2020, reflecting the decrease of the gross fixed capital formation by […]
Economics
Another V for Europe: Increase in unemployment
Still another V for EU’s recovery – an increase in unemployment Read here
Climate Crisis
Eurostat: Germany burning 45% of Lignite in EU
Germany is mistakenly regarded as a leader in fighting CO2 in the EU. In reality it uses almost half the lignite employed in the EU for energy production. Read here
Economics
Eurostat: What is the extent of contingent liabilities and non-performing loans in the EU Member States?
How many more scandals are to come out of this sector, not only in Britain but in other countries exposed to PFI? Relative to its GDP, Portugal has the highest level of PFI exposure (at […]