EU - The future regulation will enable consumers to access their online content services when they travel in the EU the same way they access them at home ..

Press Release - Digital Single Market: EU negotiators agree on new rules allowing Europeans to travel and enjoy online content services across borders

The rules will reflect new ways in which Europeans enjoy culture and entertainment services online when they travel around the EU.

Europeans will soon be able to fully use their online subscriptions to films, sports events, e-books, video games or music services when travelling within the EU, according to the agreement reached this evening by negotiators of the European Parliament, the Member States and the European Commission. 

Στην Ελλάδα της κρίσης τα αλλεπάλληλα σχέδια μεταρρύθμισης του δημόσιου σχολείου δεν έχουν καταφέρει να θεραπεύσουν τις παθογένειές του ..- ΣΕΒ

Έρευνα  - Special Report Ελληνικό Σχολείο  - από τον ΣΕΒ 

Η έξοδος από την κρίση ξεκινάει στα θρανία

Η εκπαίδευση δεν εξοπλίζει μόνο τα μέλη μιας κοινωνίας με τις δεξιότητες που θα τα οδηγήσει στην επαγγελματική επιτυχία, αλλά τα εξοπλίζει και με κριτική σκέψη και αυτοπεποίθηση –στοιχεία που είναι απαραίτητα τόσο για τον κάθε πολίτη όσο και για μια κοινωνία που επιθυμεί να ξεπεράσει κρίσεις όπως αυτή που περνάει η χώρα μας.

Global Economy - The GVECM impulse responses suggest that US unconventional monetary policy generally has stronger domestic and cross-border impacts than euro area non-standard measures. Its spillovers to other economies are estimated to be more sizeable and persistent, especially in terms of output growth and inflation.. - Working Paper - BIS

Publication -  Global impact of US and euro area unconventional monetary policies  -   a comparison by Qianying Chen, Marco Jacopo Lombardi, Alex Ross and Feng Zhu

Introduction

The Global Financial Crisis, which started in August 2007 and intensified following the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in September 2008, swept and deeply affected the financial markets in both advanced and emerging economies. The Crisis had two major components: the US subprime mortgage crisis; and the European sovereign debt crisis which exploded with the Greek debt crisis in May 2010. 

UK Economy - GDP growth has been remarkably stable at 0.6% for three quarters in a row - the last two after the referendum. This is not only faster than the average growth rate in 2015, but probably above the economy’s long-term potential growth rate.. - Kristin Forbes - Monetary Policy Committee of the BoE

Publication -  A MONIAC (not manic) Economy - speech by Kristin Forbes

The UK Economy Relative to the Forecast

 It is easy to poke fun at economists. I have a large repertoire of jokes about how many economists it takes to change a lightbulb, or how an economist opens a can when shipwrecked on a deserted island. Most recently, the jokes have shifted to how many economists it takes to make a forecast. And there is certainly fodder for criticism. 

Ελληνική Οικονομία - Τα στοιχεία για την Ελλάδα μέχρι τώρα δείχνουν ξεκάθαρα ότι η παράλογη υπερφορολόγηση απειλεί άμεσα την οικονομία, οι φόροι και οι εισφορές αυξάνονται, αλλά τα έσοδα μειώνονται ..- ΣΕΒΕ

Δελτίο Τύπου -  Καμπανάκι ΣΕΒΕ για τη βιωσιμότητα των επιχειρήσεων λόγω της υπερφορολόγησης 

Οι ελληνικές εξαγωγικές επιχειρήσεις κατάφεραν για ακόμη μία χρονιά να επιδείξουν την αντοχή τους και τις δυνατότητες που έχουν, καθώς χωρίς τα καύσιμα ενισχύθηκαν κατά 1,2% το 2016 σε ετήσια βάση, σύμφωνα με τα σημερινά δημοσιευμένα στοιχεία της ΕΛΣΤΑΤ. 

Greek Economy - The overdue bank loans make up 45 percent of total loans and unpaid taxes to the state amount to 70 percent of GDP. As a result, investment and growth remain weak. For Greece to return to sustainable growth and exit successfully from official financing, it needs to deepen and accelerate reforms.. - IMF

NEWS Release -  Greece: Priorities for a Return to Sustainable Growth

Greece should deepen and accelerate reforms, which, together with further debt relief, are needed to allow the economy to return to a sustainable growth path, the IMF said in its latest annual assessment of the Greek economy.