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Business investment up to 25.8% in the euro area
April 9th, 2020
In the fourth quarter of 2019, before COVID-19 containment measures began to be widely introduced by Member States, the business investment rate was 25.8% in the euro area, compared with 23.7% in the previous quarter. The business profit share ...
European stocks rally after historic sell-off; Stoxx 600 up 5%
March 13th, 2020
European stocks rallied on Friday during a volatile session after their worst sell-off in history, as the rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic continues to dominate investor sentiment. The pan-European Stoxx 600 climbed 5%, with basic resource stocks surging ...
150 years of bank credit expansion is near its end
November 22nd, 2019
The legal formalisation of the creation of bank credit commenced with England’s 1844 Bank Charter Act. It has led to a regular cycle of expansion and collapse of outstanding bank credit. Erroneously attributed to business, the origin of ...
European stocks traded mixed Wednesday
October 23rd, 2019
European stocks traded mixed Wednesday after British lawmakers forced Prime Minister Boris Johnson to pause the progression of his Brexit deal. The pan-European Stoxx 600 pared early losses to trade just 0.1% down by mid-afternoon, financial service firms leading ...
European Central Bank released monetary policy decisions
September 12th, 2019
The European Central Bank (ECB) has issued today a press release to inform that at today’s meeting the Governing Council of the ECB took the following monetary policy decisions: The interest rate on the deposit facility will be decreased ...
European shares joined a China-driven global sell-off on Monday
August 5th, 2019
European shares joined a China-driven global sell-off on Monday, dragged down heavily by commodity-linked stocks as anxiety over trade frictions with the United States sent the country’s yuan below 7 per dollar for the first time in a decade. ...
Traders Update: European stocks were flat Monday morning
July 8th, 2019
European stocks were flat Monday morning, after stronger-than-anticipated jobs data on Wall Street tempered expectations for a Federal Reserve rate cut. The pan-European Stoxx 600 was little changed from the previous session shortly after the opening bell, with sectors ...
Bears return as European stocks see second-worst exit on record
February 15th, 2019
The region’s equity funds experienced their second-largest outflows on record in the week through Feb. 13, bleeding $5.9 billion, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s note, which cited EPFR Global data. Investors continued fleeing developed-market equity funds, including ...
UPDATE: European shares edge up
February 1st, 2019
European shares edged up on Friday as a fresh batch of earnings for the fourth quarter and signs the China/U.S. trade talks were successful helped keep investors risk-on despite a dismal survey on Chinese factory activity. At 0824 GMT, ...
Business investment rate up to 23.3% in the euro area
January 14th, 2019
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, has published a report in relation to the business investment rate in the euro area for the third quarter of 2018. In accordance the report: In the third quarter of 2018, ...
