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1 in 3 Europeans cannot afford a one-week annual holiday
August 2nd, 2017
For many people in the European Union (EU), summer means holidays and travel. However, around a third (32.9%) of the EU population cannot afford a one-week annual holiday away from home. Slightly more households with dependent children (34.6%) than ...
House prices up by 4.0% in the euro area
July 28th, 2017
First quarter of 2017 compared with first quarter of 2016 House prices up by 4.0% in the euro area Up by 4.5% in the EU House prices, as measured by the House Price Index, rose by 4.0% in the ...
EU launches infringement procedures against three countries for refusing to take refugees
June 15th, 2017
The European Commission has today launched infringement procedures against the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland for non-compliance with their obligations under the 2015 Council Decisions on relocation. Despite the Commission’s repeated calls for action, these three countries remain in ...
Is Italy now more close to exit the euro?
June 1st, 2017
Italy’s central bank warned on May 31 that leaving the eurozone would not solve the country’s economic problems, as two major parties campaign to drop the common currency before an election that may come as soon as this autumn. ...
Oil climbed toward $51 a barrel
May 22nd, 2017
Crude rises after Saudi Arabia says agreement reached on cuts Pound drops after U.K. threatens to quit Brexit negotiations Oil advanced a fourth day in the build up to OPEC’s gathering in Vienna this week, as speculation grows that ...
ESMA finds improvements in Regulators’ supervisory practices concerning MiFID rules
May 19th, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a Follow-up Report on the actions undertaken by ten National Competent Authorities (NCAs) in addressing deficiencies identified in the 2014 Peer Review on MiFID Conduct of Business rules relating to ...
Update on Brexit
May 14th, 2017
This article looks at the background to Brexit negotiations and concludes that Britain is negotiating from a position of strength, while the EU is increasingly in a position of financial difficulty. Not only will the European Commission be forced ...
EU raises eurozone growth forecasts
May 12th, 2017
Economic growth in the eurozone this year should be a bit better than previously forecast according to the latest outlook unveiled by EU Economic and Financial Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici. Gross domestic product for the 19-country bloc is expected ...
What’s happening in the labour market?
May 10th, 2017
The rate of youth unemployment peaked at above 24% in the euro area in 2013 for the age group 15-24. Since then, the youth unemployment rate has declined faster than the total unemployment rate and remained around 21% in ...
OECD tax rates on labour income continued decreasing slowly in 2016
May 9th, 2017
Taxes on labour income for the average worker across the OECD continued to decrease for the third consecutive year during 2016, dropping to 36% of labour costs, according to a new OECD report. Taxing Wages 2017 measures the level of ...
