USA - U.S. crude oil imports averaged over 7.8 million barrels per day last week, down by 568,000 barrels per day from the previous week..- eia

Press Release - Weekly Petroleum Status Report

U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged over 16.0 million barrels per day during the week ending January 20, 2017, 421,000 barrels per day less than the previous week’s average. Refineries operated at 88.3% of their operable capacity last week. Gasoline production decreased last week, averaging over 8.8 million barrels per day. Distillate fuel production decreased last week, averaging 4.6 million barrels per day.

Greek Economy - The approval of the measures was delayed in December, when the Greek government decided on a number of budget expenditures without previous discussion with the institutions. The approval process resumed after the Eurogroup received a letter from Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos, which made clear that Greece remained fully committed to programme conditionality. - ESM

NEWS Release -  Explainer on ESM short-term debt relief measures for Greece

Short-term debt relief measures for Greece: explainer

1. When was it decided that Greece would receive short-term debt relief measures?

In its statement of 25 May 2016, the Eurogroup mandated the ESM to work on a first set of debt relief measures, referred to as short-term measures. The ministers said that these measures would be implemented after the closure of the first review and before the end of the current ESM programme (the third programme). The first review has since been concluded. On 5 December 2016, the ESM presented detailed plans for the short-term measures to the Eurogroup, which agreed to adopt them.

On January 23, the governing bodies of the ESM and of the EFSF formally completed the approval process of the measures, and implementation will now start.

Ελληνική Οικονομία - Αναγκαία προϋπόθεση της οικονομικής ανάκαμψης είναι πρωτίστως η ολοκλήρωση της δεύτερης αξιολόγησης και η απαρέγκλιτη εφαρμογή των διαρθρωτικών μεταρρυθμίσεων που περιγράφονται στο νέο πρόγραμμα., - ΤτΕ

Δελτίο Τύπου - Ομιλία του Διοικητή της Τράπεζας της Ελλάδος Γιάννη Στουρνάρα σε εκδήλωση του Wharton Club of Greece στην Αθήνα με θέμα «Η Ελλάδα και η ζώνη του ευρώ: προκλήσεις και προοπτικές»  - Ομιλητής: Γιάννης Στουρνάρας

Αισθάνομαι μεγάλη χαρά που βρίσκομαι σήμερα εδώ και έχω την ευκαιρία να μοιραστώ μαζί σας μερικές σκέψεις για τις σημαντικές προκλήσεις που αντιμετωπίζουν η Ελλάδα και η ζώνη του ευρώ. Και όπως θα προσπαθήσω να δείξω στην ομιλία μου, για να αντιμετωπιστούν τα υφιστάμενα προβλήματα τώρα και στο μέλλον, απαιτείται ενδυνάμωση του κοινού ευρωπαϊκού οικοδομήματος με την περαιτέρω εμβάθυνση της ευρωπαϊκής ολοκλήρωσης. 

German G20 conference - While banks still exist - and I am sure they will continue to do so -, recent developments have shown that non-banks are just as capable of providing bank services - Digital finance opens up a host of opportunities, but we should not neglect the risks it entails - Dr Jens Weidmann

NEWS Release -  Digital finance – Reaping the benefits without neglecting the risks  - Welcoming remarks at the G20 conference "Digitising finance, financial inclusion and financial literacy"  - Dr Jens WeidmannPresident of the Deutsche Bundesbank

Introduction

Your Majesty - Your excellencies - Honourable members of the G20 delegations - Ladies and gentlemen  - Welcome to Wiesbaden and specifically to the G20 conference on "Digitising finance, financial inclusion and financial literacy"!

Τα bitcoins ευνοούν από τη φύση τους τις μη νόμιμες συναλλαγές καθώς αποτελούν ψηφιακό χρήμα που δεν ελέγχεται από καμία τράπεζα ή κυβέρνηση - Σε Blacklist 944 παράνομα sites τυχερών παιγνίων ..

Δελτίο Τύπου -  Δημοσίευση 16ης έκδοσης του καταλόγου μη αδειοδοτημένων παρόχων τυχερών παιγνίων (“blacklist”) που τηρεί η ΕΕΕΠ

Θέμα: Παράνομοι ιστότοποι με bitcoins στη “Blacklist” της Ε.Ε.Ε.Π. 

Παράνομους ιστοτόπους που λειτουργούσαν με την τεχνολογία των ψηφιακών νομισμάτων bitcoins και παρείχαν ευρεία γκάμα τυχερών παιχνιδιών (στοίχημα, slots κ.λπ.), εντόπισε και έθεσε για πρώτη φορά υπό απαγόρευση η Επιτροπή Εποπτείας και Ελέγχου Παιγνίων (Ε.Ε.Ε.Π.). Η εξέλιξη είναι ιδιαίτερα σημαντική καθώς εντοπίζει ένα ιδιαίτερο και σημαντικό τμήμα της παράνομης δραστηριότητας τυχερών παιγνίων στο διαδίκτυο που, πέραν των άλλων, λειτουργεί σε συνθήκες αδιαφάνειας.

EU Economy - Between 2012 and mid-2016, both headline and core inflation in the euro area and in most member states have been lower than the forecasts produced by the Eurosystem and by other institutions ?? - ECB

Publication - Low inflation in the euro area: Causes and consequences - by Matteo Ciccarelli, Chiara Osbat

Executive summary

Since the Great Recession, inflation worldwide has become more difficult to understand, and economists speak of a twin puzzle. First, inflation was expected to be lower between 2009 and end-2011, given the severity and length of the recession in most advanced economies (missing disinflation). 

Financial markets - Stabilizing opening with small profits expected for European markets - New record for Dow Jones Industrial Average ..

Market comment ..

Good morning Europe .. stabilizing opening with small profits expected for European markets, with investors focusing their attention on the new record closing Dow Jones Industrial Average, yesterday evening, more than 20,000 m (+ 0.78% 20,068,51 ) .. and wonder ... maybe reached and turn DAX move over 12,400 m ???  Earnings have the Asian markets, the Nikkei to notes + 1,81% to 19,402,39 m. Gold recorded losses - 0.69% to $ 1,200.96 and oil Brent small losses at $ 55.08 .. The EUR / USD rate recorded a profit + 0.22% to 1.0752. The Traders is on the markets ..

DAX 30

The DAX futures of ... shortly before the opening of markets are moving with profits of 0.23% at 11 853 m .. above the pivot point of 11 683 m .. and above the Kumo cloud ichimoku remaining short term bullish ...

EU Economy - All member states that needed financial help during the crisis - perhaps except one - are now standing on their own legs again - Since we hit rock bottom in the summer of 2015 we have entered into a constructive dialogue with the Greek authorities in the third programme .. - Jeroen Dijsselbloem

Press Release -  Speech by the President of the Eurogroup, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, at The Future of Europe event, 24 January 2017

During the last four years, as president of the Eurogroup, I have spent many debates, interviews and Q&A sessions explaining what's actually going on in the Eurozone and what we are doing to fix it. During this time, I have seen the economic facts, figures and results improve. But much less so, the sentiment. A lack of trust perseveres.