Labor productivity rose in 15 of 28 selected service-providing industries in 2015 - This was fewer than in 2014, when labor productivity increased in 20 of 28 industries. ..USA - BLS

For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Wednesday, May 18, 2016

PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS BY INDUSTRY: SELECTED SERVICE-PROVIDING INDUSTRIES, 2015

Labor productivity rose in 15 of 28 selected service-providing industries in 2015, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This was fewer than in 2014, when labor productivity increased in 20 of 28 industries. In 2015 output increased in fewer industries than in 2014, while hours worked increased in more industries than in 2014.

Εναπόκειται στις ελληνικές αρχές να αξιολογήσουν τον τρόπο με τον οποίο θα άρουν τους υπάρχοντες περιορισμούς (συμπεριλαμβανομένων της ταχύτητας με την οποία θα γίνει αυτό και των τομέων που θα επηρεαστούν) λαμβάνοντας υπόψη, μεταξύ άλλων, την εξέλιξη των επιπέδων εμπιστοσύνης των καταθετών...Mario Draghi.

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Η σύνδεση μεταξύ των αναγκών σε ρευστότητα και των επιπέδων των επιτοκίων που υποδεικνύετε στην επιστολή σας είναι αδύναμη και συνιστά εσφαλμένη ερμηνεία τόσο του οικονομικού υπόβαθρου όσο και της φύσης των πολιτικών αγοράς περιουσιακών στοιχείων, όπως αυτές που εφαρμόζονται από την ΕΚΤ... Mario Draghi.

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Germany - Compared with the same period a year earlier, the number of persons in employment increased considerably by 533,000 or 1.3%. This means that the positive employment trend continued at the beginning of the year...Destatis

                                                Press release 166 / 2016-05-18

Positive employment trend continues in the 1st quarter of 2016

WIESBADEN – In the first quarter of 2016, the number of persons in employment whose place of employment was in Germany amounted to roughly 43.1 million according to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).

Euro area annual inflation was -0.2% in April 2016, down from 0.0% in March. In April 2015 the rate was 0.0%. ...EUROSTAT

97/2016 – 18 May 2016                     Press Release

April 2016 Annual inflation down to -0.2% in both euro area and EU

Euro area annual inflation was -0.2% in April 2016, down from 0.0% in March. In April 2015 the rate was 0.0%. European Union annual inflation was also -0.2% in April 2016, down from 0.0% in March. A year earlier the rate was 0.0%. These figures come from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. 

The smaller banks have been very clear that our banking legislation does not do enough to take their size properly into account. That’s a concern I understand and to which I\'m sympathetic. We\'re already looking at this as part of our review of the Capital Requirements Regulation, CRR, and its sister directive CRD4.... EU

Brussels, 17 May 2016        European Commission - Speech 

Speech by Commissioner Jonathan Hill at the public hearing on the 'Call for Evidence' - a review of the EU regulatory framework for financial services