The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) today decided to reinstate the waiver affecting the eligibility of marketable debt instruments issued or fully guaranteed by the Hellenic Republic. ..

Press Release - ECB reinstates waiver affecting the eligibility of Greek bonds used as collateral in Eurosystem monetary policy operations

ECB’s Governing Council reinstates waiver of minimum credit rating requirements for marketable instruments issued or guaranteed by the Hellenic Republic, subject to special haircuts  Waiver will enter into force on the next MRO settlement date (29 June 2016)

Το ταξιδιωτικό ισοζύγιο τον Απρίλιο του 2016 εμφάνισε πλεόνασμα 280 εκατ. ευρώ, μειωμένο κατά 10,0% έναντι πλεονάσματος 311 εκατ. ευρώ τον αντίστοιχο μήνα του 2015..(πρωσορινά στοιχεία ) ΤτΕ

Δελτίο Τύπου  - Εξελίξεις στο ταξιδιωτικό ισοζύγιο πληρωμών: Απρίλιος 2016

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Elements for a new EU strategy on China - Τhe economic policy of China makes about its political, economic and social development matter to the EU more than ever ..

News Release - Elements for a new EU strategy on China - JOINT COMMUNICATION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL 

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USA - Manufacturing sector multifactor productivity decreased at a 1.0-percent annual rate in 2014 .. - BLS

News Release - MULTIFACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRENDS IN MANUFACTURING - 2014

Manufacturing sector multifactor productivity decreased at a 1.0-percent annual rate in 2014, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This decrease followed a 0.1-percent increase in 2013. The 2014 decline reflected a 1.7-percent increase in output and a 2.6-percent increase in combined inputs. (See table A, table 1.)

The FOMC continues to anticipate that economic conditions will improve further and that the economy will evolve in a manner that will warrant only gradual increases in the federal funds rate .. FED

NEWS Release - Chair Janet L. Yellen  Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress  Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.  June 21, 2016

Today, the world's cities are uniting their efforts to fight climate change behind a single global organisation, something that has never before happened .. EU

NEWS Release -  Global city movements join forces in the fight against climate change

Two major global initiatives to fight climate change at city level are merging to create an alliance of more than 7,100 cities across the world called the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy.