Eurostat/Business investment rate up to 23.5% in the euro area/12 Απριλίου 2017 In the fourth quarter of 2016, the business investment rate was 23.5% in the euro area, compared with 22.0% in the previous quarter. The business profit share in the euro area was 42.0% in the fourth quarter of 2016, compared with 40.7% in the third quarter of 2016. Σχετικές Αναρτήσεις Eurostat/Business investment rate up to 22.2% in the …Read More
Eurostat/Household saving rate down to 12.0 % in the euro area/12 Απριλίου 2017 The household saving rate in the euro area was 12.0% in the fourth quarter of 2016, compared with 12.3% in the third quarter of 2016. The household investment rate in the euro area was 8.5% in the fourth quarter of 2016, compared with 8.6% in the previous quarter. Σχετικές Αναρτήσεις Eurostat/Household saving rate up to 12.8% in …Read More
Fratesi, Ugo, Rodriguez-Pose, Andres, (2017), “The Global Crisis and regional employment in Europe: The performance of sheltered economies”, VoxEU, 16 Απριλίου Prior to the Great Recession, many European regions witnessed the emergence of economies which were impervious to changes in the business cycle (or ‘sheltered’ economies). We know little about how such regions coped with the Global Crisis. This column argues that regions with more sheltered economies performed worse in …Read More
Mika, Alina, (2017), “Home sweet home: the home bias in trade in the European Union”, ECB Working Paper Series No 2046, Απρίλιος The aim of the paper is to answer the following question: do European Union countries trade domestically more than they would trade with their itnernaitonal clones? While this question may appear somewhat hypothetical, it is useful in understanding how much borders between countries hinder trade flows. To answer …Read More
Danthine, J. P., (2017), “Subsidiarity: The forgotten concept at the core of Europe’s existential crisis”, VoxEU, 12 Απριλίου In this column, Jean-Pierre Danthine, a co-author of “Making Sense of Subsidiarity: How Much Centralization for Europe?”, revisits the report nearly 25 years on from its publication. He examines the main themes of the report and shows how such areas as centralisation/decentralisation, subsidiarity, and macroeconomic stabilisation have played out over the years since the report was published. …Read More
Schmidt, Vivie, (2017), “How do Progressives Fight Back Against Populism?”, Social Europe, 12 Απριλίου In recent years, the European Union has suffered through a cascading set of crises, including the Eurozone crisis, the refugee crisis, the security crisis, and Brexit. But rather than bringing the EU together, with concerted responses that would demonstrate its common values on its 60th anniversary, these crises have revealed cross cutting divisions among member states. …Read More
European Central Bank, (2017), “Annual Report 2016”, Απρίλιος 2017 In 2016 the euro area economy faced a demanding external environment. Growth in both advanced and emerging market economies was modest by historical standards and there were episodes of heightened uncertainty and short-lived peaks in financial market volatility, particularly following the UK referendum on EU membership in June and the US presidential election in November. Global inflation was subdued owing to …Read More
Eurostat/Industrial production down by 0.3% in euro area/11 Απριλίου 2017 In February 2017 compared with January 2017, seasonally adjusted industrial production fell by 0.3% in the euro area (EA19) and by 0.2% in the EU28, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In January 2017 industrial production rose by 0.3% in both zones. In February 2017 compared with February 2016, industrial production increased by 1.2% …Read More
Sander, Harald, (2017), “Finally, some good economic news from the Eurozone – but will it last?”, LSE EUROPP, 10 Απριλίου Eurostat figures released at the start of April show the Eurozone unemployment rate has dropped to its lowest level for almost eight years. Harald Sander writes that there are now some solid grounds for optimism about the Eurozone economy, but that after nine years of economic struggles, a great deal more …Read More
Kowal, Nikolaus, Lindner, Fabian , (2017), “Right Wing Populism And The Social Question”, Social Europe, 11 Απριλίου Right-wing populism is gaining traction: Donald Trump has won the White House; Austrian far right politician Norbert Hofer barely lost the Austrian presidential election, and France’s Marine Le Pen is likely to win most of the votes in the first round of the French presidential elections. Has the world gone mad? Have racism and …Read More
