Search Results for: euro area
German Business Confidence Declines as Economy Seen Slowing
May 23rd, 2014
German business confidence declined more than economists forecast amid signs that growth in the euro area’s largest economy will slow this quarter. The Ifo institute’s business climate index, based on a survey of 7,000 executives, fell to 110.4 in ...
Interview with Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, Peter Praet
May 15th, 2014
Mr Praet, business activity is picking up in Europe. Hasn’t it become time to prepare increases in interest rates – rather than to ease monetary policy further, as the European Central Bank (ECB) indicated rather clearly last week? That ...
Draghi Sets Clock Ticking for June Stimulus by ECB
May 9th, 2014
Mario Draghi has given himself a month to craft a new fix to the European Central Bank’s deflation angst. Cutting the euro area’s benchmark interest rate to a record tops the list of options for the ECB President after ...
E.U’s economy is growing due to Germany and Italy manufacturing
May 2nd, 2014
Euro-area manufacturing grew at the fastest pace in three months in April on accelerating expansion in Germany and Italy, evidence the currency bloc’s recovery remains on track. A Purchasing Managers’ Index increased to 53.4 from 53 in March, Markit ...
Tax inspections in Greece are increasing
April 30th, 2014
It’s Saturday night going on Sunday morning at a club near the gated homes of the Greek elite in northern Athens as two men and a woman in business suits push through the crowd and demand to see the ...
Stocks Drop With Ruble as Ukraine Tension Spurs Gold
April 14th, 2014
Global stocks dropped a third day, the ruble tumbled and oil and gold advanced as the U.S. and Russia traded barbs in the United Nations Security Council amid worsening violence in Ukraine. The euro dropped on prospects for more ...
Christine Lagarde: huge government and bank debts risk new financial crash
April 10th, 2014
IMF head argues for global co-operation on financial stability, warning against risky investments and low eurozone inflation Head of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde issued a warning to world leaders on Thursday that they need to do more ...
CFOs enter spend mode as risk appetite increases
April 7th, 2014
CFOs are looking to take more risk onto their balance sheets, as optimism and appetite to grow hit the highest levels in several years. Seven in ten of the senior CFOs interviewed by Deloitte said it was a good ...
Italians Join Greeks Selling Bank Stock to Once-Wary Investors
March 27th, 2014
Eight Italian banks are preparing to sell at least 8 billion euros ($11 billion) of stock to shore up their balance sheets, as nations shunned during the sovereign-debt crisis return to favor with investors. Leading the pack is Banca ...
Regulators Zone
February 4th, 2014
