Thursday, June 2, 2016

In April 2016, compared with March 2016, industrial producer prices fell by 0.3% in the euro area (EA19) and by 0.2% in the EU28 ... EUROSTAT

Press Release  -  April 2016 compared with March 2016 Industrial producer prices down by 0.3% in euro area Down by 0.2% in EU28


In April 2016, compared with March 2016, industrial producer prices fell by 0.3% in the euro area (EA19) and by 0.2% in the EU28, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In March 2016 prices rose by 0.3% in the euro area and by 0.4% in the EU28.

The interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility will remain unchanged at 0.00%, 0.25% and -0.40% respectively .. ECB

PRESS RELEASE   2 June 2016    Monetary policy decisions

I don't need to explain to anyone present here what dramatic consequences, also economic, would be brought about by Brexit .. - Europe in its present shape deserves more patience. An ideological drive forward can end in a disaster. That's why what we desperately need today is cool heads and warm hearts. Not the opposite. - President Donald Tusk

01/06/2016  Press Release  -  Speech by President Donald Tusk at the European Business Summit

Με ποσοστό 6,461% η Alden Global Capital, στην Τράπεζα ΠΕΙΡΑΙΩΣ

Δελτίο Τύπου   -  Γνωστοποίηση σημαντικών αλλαγών στα δικαιώματα ψήφου σύμφωνα με το N.3556/2007


Σε εφαρμογή των διατάξεων του Ν. 3556/2007 η Τράπεζα Πειραιώς («η Τράπεζα») ενημερώνει, κατόπιν της από 30.05.2016 ληφθείσας σχετικής γνωστοποιήσεως, ότι το συνολικό ποσοστό δικαιωμάτων ψήφου που κατέχει έμμεσα η εταιρεία Alden Global Capital, LLC ..

Our analysis indicates that Japan has made some progress towards overcoming deflation, but further measures are needed to raise inflation to 2 percent in a stable manner. .. FED

Publication  -  Raising an Inflation Target: the Japanese Experience with Abenomics  -
by Andrea De Michelis and Matteo Iacoviello



Abstract: This paper draws from Japan's recent monetary experiment to examine the effects of an increase in the inflation target during a liquidity trap. 

In Greece the average household net adjusted disposable income per capita decreased by 31.6% and average earnings dropped by 15.6% in 2013. Both now lie far below the OECD average ..

HOW’S LIFE IN GREECE IN 2016?    -   Publication OECD