Among the population aged 15 to 74 in the European Union (EU), 220 million were employed, 23 million were unemployed and 136 million were economically inactive in 2015...EUROSTAT

19 May 2016                                  Press Release

Labour Force Survey 2015 10 million part-time workers in the EU would have preferred to work more Two-thirds were women 

Stress tests on banks used to be big, extraordinary events, but are increasingly becoming the bread and butter of banking supervision. It started in the United States with the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR), and Europe is following a similar route..Benoît Cœuré - ECB.

Interview with Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB and Chairman of the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI),  conducted by Cécile Sourbes on 10 May and published on 19 May 2016

U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged about 16.4 million barrels per day during the week ending May 13, 2016, 192,000 barrels per day more than the previous week’s average. Refineries operated at 90.5% of their operable capacity last week... USA - EIA

Data for week ending May 13, 2016 |                Release Date: May 18, 2016

Weekly Petroleum Status Report

Οι αλλαγές από την Εξαμηνιαία Αναθεώρηση Δεικτών Αγοράς θα ισχύσουν από τη συνεδρίαση της Δευτέρας 30ης Μαΐου 2016... Χ.Α.Α.

18/05/2016                                     Δελτίο  Τύπου 

Εξαμηνιαία Αναθεώρηση Δεικτών Αγοράς Μετοχών του Χ.Α.

Η Συμβουλευτική Επιτροπή Δεικτών του Χρηματιστηρίου Αθηνών κατά τη συνεδρίασή της ενέκρινε τις ακόλουθες αλλαγές στη σύνθεση των δεικτών ως αποτέλεσμα της τακτικής εξαμηνιαίας αναθεώρησης της σύνθεσής τους για το διάστημα Οκτώβριος 2015 - Μάρτιος 2016.

Migrants from emerging and developing countries sent home $430 billion last year—three times more money than their home countries receive in financial assistance from other countries or international financial institutions and a substantial portion of their GDP ... iMFdirect

Posted on May 18, 2016 by iMFdirect

Addition by Subtraction: How Diasporas Can Boost Home-Country Growth ... By Pritha Mitra
                                   

                                       

The decline in oil prices is affecting the Saudi Arabian economy. Real GDP growth is projected by IMF staff at 1.2 percent this year, down from 3.5 percent in 2015. Lower oil revenues have resulted in current account and fiscal deficits which are projected by IMF staff at around 9 and 14 percent of GDP, respectively, in 2016 .. IMF

 May 19, 2016                          Press Release No. 16/230

IMF Staff Completes 2016 Article IV Mission to Saudi Arabia