In 2015, warm winter temperatures reduced the demand for electricity, lessened the need to bring marginal generators online, and lowered natural gas prices. During seven months of 2015, electricity generated from natural gas exceeded coal generation....USA - EIA

13/05/2016                                         Research

Carbon dioxide emissions from electricity generation in 2015 were lowest since 1993

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from electricity generation totaled 1,925 million metric tons in 2015, the lowest since 1993 and 21% below their 2005 level. 

A Civil Liberties Committee delegation will travel to Greece from 18 to 20 May to check the situation of refugees at the external borders of the EU ....

Press release - Immigration / Justice and home affairs − 13-05-2016 - 14:43

MEPs to go to Greece to check on refugees and implementation of EU-Turkey deal

A Civil Liberties Committee delegation will travel to Greece from 18 to 20 May to check the situation of refugees at the external borders of the EU and assess how the EU-Turkey deal to manage migrant and asylum-seekers flows into the EU is being implemented. MEPs will visit the Greece/FYROM border, the island of Lesvos and Athens. They will also meet representatives of the Greek Government, and EU and international bodies, as well as NGOs.

Total FY 2016 net income, including income from surcharges applied to higher-access borrowing from the IMF, is estimated at SDR 1 billion (US$1.4 billion). - Net income for FY 2016 was higher than estimated at the start of the year...IMF

May 13, 2016                        Press Release No. 16/219

IMF Executive Board Reviews the Fund's Income Position for Financial Years 2016 and 2017-2018

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed its annual review of the Fund’s income position for the financial year ending April 30, 2016 (FY 2016) and set the margin for the lending rate for IMF credit for FY 2017 and FY 2018, on April 22, 2016.

The German economy made a very positive start to the new year. Gross domestic product (GDP) in the period from January to March was 0.7 % up on the fourth quarter of 2015 ...Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt am Main | 13.05.2016

Strong growth in the German economy

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As China’s economy slows and rebalances, its impact is being felt on an already fragile global economy, and particularly in the rest of the Asia region... Research iMFdirect

Posted on May 12, 2016 by iMFdirect

Who Wins and Who Loses As China Rebalances

By Serkan Arslanalp, Thomas Helbling, Jaewoo Lee, and Koshy Mathai

China’s economy leaves nobody indifferent. The world is watching closely as the second largest economy in the world is shifting its growth model from an export-driven one to one centered on household consumption.