Saturday, March 11, 2017

EU leaders reaffirmed the unity of the EU-27 before the Rome Summit on 25 March and continued the debate on the future of the European Union...

NEWS Release -  March European Council: Delivering where it matters



EU leaders reviewed progress in a number of priority areas, reaffirmed the unity of the EU-27 before the Rome Summit on 25 March and continued the debate on the future of the European Union. Over two days, European Heads of State or Government reviewed progress in a number of priority areas, reaffirmed the unity of the EU-27 before the Rome Summit later this month and continued the debate on the future of the European Union. Prior to the main agenda, President Juncker welcomed the re-election of Donald Tusk as President of the European Council for a second two-and-a-half year mandate.

Η Ελληνική Οικονομία πρέπει να αφήσει πίσω της την αβεβαιότητα, πρέπει να γίνει πιο ανταγωνιστική, προσελκύοντας επενδύσεις ..




Η Ελληνική Οικονομία πρέπει να αφήσει πίσω της την αβεβαιότητα, πρέπει να γίνει πιο ανταγωνιστική, προσελκύοντας επενδύσεις, ιδιαίτερα σε μία περίοδο όπου, το θέμα μίας Ευρώπης πολλών ταχυτήτων, έχει τεθεί στο < τραπέζι > με την συζήτηση να ανοίγει επισήμως στην συνδιάσκεψη της Ρώμης στις 25 Μαρτίου .

Friday, March 10, 2017

USA Economy - Employment increased by 235,000 in February, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 4.7 percent ..- bls

Press Release - THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION — FEBRUARY 2017




Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 235,000 in February, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 4.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment gains occurred in construction, private educational services, manufacturing, health care, and mining.

Στο 1,3% ανήλθε ετησίως ο πληθωρισμός - Φωτιά στο καλάθι των νοικοκυριών ..

Δελτίο Τύπου - ΔΕΙΚΤΗΣ ΤΙΜΩΝ ΚΑΤΑΝΑΛΩΤΗ: Φεβρουάριος 2017, ετησίως πληθωρισμός 1,3%



Η εξέλιξη του Δείκτη Τιμών Καταναλωτή (ΔΤΚ) του μηνός Φεβρουαρίου 2017 (έτος αναφοράς 2009=100,0) έχει ως εξής:

EU Economy - In 2015, 11.3 % of the EU population lived in households which spent 40 % or more of their disposable income on housing..- Eurostat

NEWS Release -  
Housing costs - an excessive burden for 11 % of Europeans - 09/03/2017




Costs relating to housing are the main items of expenditure for many European households. In the European context, these expenses include rental or mortgage interest payments but also the cost of utilities such as water, electricity, gas or heating. 

Parliament President Antonio Tajani - The concerns of ordinary Europeans - unemployment, security, immigration, protection of the environment - must be at the top of our agenda .. -

Press Release -  Tajani: “Europe needs to be changed not weakened”




Antonio Tajani made the case for European unity in his first speech as Parliament President at the start of a Council summit. “Today more than ever we can see how important European unity is,” he told political leaders at the summit in Brussels on 9 March. “Europe needs to be changed not weakened. All the institutions need to work harder to find the answers which ordinary Europeans are looking to us to provide.”