German economy shrinks as France stagnates in disappointing quarter for Eurozone August 14, 2014 The German economy has shrunk by 0.2 per cent, as the Eurozone continues to endure a disappointing a second quarter. The contraction comes as the France economy stagnated at zero per cent for the second quarter running – Germany recorded strong growth of 0.8 per cent in the first quarter. Both results were [...]
Eurozone recovery clouded by poor industrial output August 13, 2014 The Eurozone's industrial output for June fell behind economists' expectations, placing a cloud over hopes of an economic recovery for the single currency. Eurostat's industrial production data, released earlier today, shows how the volume of production from industries such as factories and manufacturing has been changing month-on-month and year-on-year. In the single currency [...]
Russia’s food ban sanctions against EU farmers threaten Eurozone August 8, 2014 Sanctions slapped on EU farmers by the Russian government could help to push Eurozone inflation even lower, potentially forcing price growth into negative territory. Inflation in the euro area is already running at just 0.4 per cent, where even a small drop could push the region into deflation. Economists fear the single currency could [...]
Draghi: Ukraine crisis a threat to the Eurozone economy August 7, 2014 Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), today admitted that the Ukraine crisis represented a threat to the Eurozone economy. The geopolitical concerns surrounding the Ukraine crisis and in particular the import ban imposed by Russia, were highlighted as a potential risk to European economic outlook by Draghi, but he insisted that [...]
Eurozone on track for growth: Service sector PMI at 38-month high August 5, 2014 There are hopes that the Eurozone may be on track for growth, after July's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) showed that activity in the region's service sector had reached a 38-month high. The figures, published by Markit, also showed that Eurozone business expanded at the second-fastest pace in three years as a buoyant service industry [...]
Inflation slips to lowest since 2009 for Eurozone July 31, 2014 Inflation weakened even further in the Eurozone during July, dropping to just 0.4 per cent, the lowest level since the aftermath of the financial crisis. The consumer price index (CPI) has been growing increasingly slowly since the middle of 2012, and was last above the European Central Bank (ECB) target level of two per cent [...]
Eurozone slips further towards deflation, but employment is up July 31, 2014 Eurozone inflation has fallen further this month, raising concerns that it is slipping into the "danger zone" of possible deflation. Year-on-year inflation figures released by Eurostat, the European Union's Statistical office, have revealed that prices in the single currency zone went up by just 0.4 per cent in July, which is less than the [...]
Fragile expansion in Russia and Eurozone set for sanctions shock July 29, 2014 Russian markets and economic growth could be damaged further by a new round of European sanctions, which go further than forecasters had thought. “It seems like the EU has done even more than the majority of analysts have been expecting,” said Evghenia Sleptsova of Roubini Global Economics. “The sanctions are going to have more of [...]
Sluggish France hits Eurozone’s recovery hopes July 24, 2014 ECONOMIES across the Eurozone are beginning to recover, but the sustained slump in France is weighing on that emerging growth, influential surveys showed yesterday. Businesses through the currency area as a whole reported activity picking up – Markit’s purchasing managers’ index (PMI) picked up from 52.8 in June to hit 54 in July. Any score of [...]
Doubts looming over Eurozone stimulus option July 17, 2014 QUANTITATIVE easing (QE) would have a less dramatic effect in the Eurozone than in the UK, according to research out yesterday, as a senior European official signalled that the policy may not be pursued at all. A report by credit ratings agency Moody’s argued that with sovereign bond yields already very low in the euro [...]