Search Results for: European economy
EU resource productivity up; The Netherlands and the UK record the highest level
September 11th, 2018
Resource productivity quantifies the relationship between the size of the economy and the use of natural resources. The value of resource productivity will increase if the economy, measured by GDP, is growing at a faster rate than the consumption ...
Gold And Silver Are Acting Like It’s 2008. They May Be Right
September 6th, 2018
2008 has special significance for gold bugs, both because of the money they lost in August of year and the money they made in the half-decade that followed. Today’s world is beginning to feel eerily similar. Let’s start with ...
Dollar dips as Pound bounce; Emerging currencies seen curbing safe-haven dollar’s fall
September 6th, 2018
The dollar sagged on Thursday as the pound led a bounce in European currencies, although skittish emerging market currencies and global trade concerns limited the greenback’s losses. The Australian dollar also dipped, failing to draw support from slightly better-than-expected ...
Price increases for goods and services in Europe the last seven years; These products affected more
September 5th, 2018
The statistical office of the European Union, Eurostat, has issued a report showing how prices in European countries have changed since 2000. Total: Prices in the European Union have increased by 36.5% between 2000 and 2017. In accordance the ...
Early traders review: Euro to Dollar rose, Pound to Dollar slid; Asian stocks declined
September 3rd, 2018
Asian stocks declined, while the dollar held on to its recent rally as investors assessed the outlook for trade and whether turmoil in some emerging markets can be contained. The pound retreated as the chief European negotiator on Brexit ...
Euro Pound Sterling (EUR/GBP) exchange rate looks for boost from steady inflation data
August 31st, 2018
Ahead of August’s German and Eurozone consumer price index data the Euro to Pound Sterling (EUR/GBP) exchange rate remained under pressure. However, as forecasts point towards the headline inflation rate remaining steady on the year this could offer the ...
Is Tunisia the next emerging market to implode?
August 28th, 2018
Seems like every few days a new developing country discovers that it can’t pay back the dollars and/or euros it borrowed back when “external foreign currency debt” seemed like a good thing. Next up: Tunisia, apparently. From today’s ...
Is your country expensive?
August 27th, 2018
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union situated in Luxembourg, has releases a statistics report in relation to the price levels of products and services in European countries. Price levels for consumer goods and services differ widely among ...
Worried about non-EU investor, Germany may see a new law on foreign takeovers
August 13th, 2018
The German government is mulling over a proposal to change the country’s Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance. The proposal has been sent to various ministries, and according to the Welt newspaper, a law granting the government more control could ...
Euro to British Pound exchange rate continues to climb despite slowing German trade
August 8th, 2018
Tuesday saw the publication of most of this week’s most notable Eurozone ecostats, but they didn’t have a particularly influential effect on the direction of the Euro to British Pound (EUR/GBP) exchange rate. Instead, the Pound remains limp as ...
