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Σύμφωνα με την ΕΛΣΤΑΤ, το ποσοστό ανεργίας τον Νοέμβριο του 2024 ανήλθε σε 9,6% έναντι 10,8% τον Νοέμβριο του 2023 και 9,8% τον Οκτώβριο του 2024.

Χωρίς μείωση του υπολοίπου των εντόκων γραμματίων εντός του έτους, ο Οργανισμός Διαχείρισης Δημόσιου Χρέους (ΟΔΔΗΧ) σχεδιάζει να προχωρήσει σε έντεκα εκδόσεις το α΄ εξάμηνο του έτους. Παράλληλα, θα συνεχίσει το πρόγραμμα επανέκδοσης ομολόγων με στόχο την άντληση περίπου 1,5 δισ. ευρώ μέχρι το τέλος Ιανουαρίου.

Ο Θόδωρος Σκυλακάκης, υπουργός Περιβάλλοντος και Ενέργειας αποφασίζει τις επόμενες ημέρες για την επιχορήγηση των λογαριασμών ρεύματος του Ιανουαρίου. Ο Σκυλακάκης, θα ανακοινώσει επιδοτήσεις για τα οικιακά τιμολόγια και στις αρχές του επόμενου μήνα θα θέσει σε εφαρμογή το σχήμα ενισχύσεων για τους λογαριασμούς ρεύματος των επιχειρήσεων.

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (“AST SpaceMobile”), the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, designed for both commercial and government applications, today announced an agreement for long-term access to up to 45 MHz of lower mid-band spectrum in the United States for direct-to-device satellite applications.

President-elect Donald Trump’s aides are exploring tariff plans that would be applied to every country but only cover critical imports, three people familiar with the matter said — a key shift from his plans during the 2024 presidential campaign.

The readings are a marginal improvement to the initial estimates but overall, it still marks a slight contraction in euro area business activity in December.

Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics maker, beat expectations to post its highest-ever revenue for the fourth quarter on continued strong demand for artificial intelligence (AI) servers.

U.S. President Joe Biden will ban new offshore oil and gas development along most U.S. coastlines, a decision that President-elect Donald Trump, who has vowed to boost domestic energy production, may find difficult to reverse.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni made a surprise visit to Mar-a-Lago on Sunday, meeting incoming President Donald Trump for the second time since he won the U.S. election in November.

Investor morale in the euro zone fell in January to its lowest in more than a year, a survey showed on Monday, with Germany remaining a continued drag on the bloc.

German inflation jumped to a higher-than-expected 2.9% in December, German statistics office Destatis said in the first reading since the country’s government was dissolved late last month.

China’s Xpeng Motors and Volkswagen have agreed to expand their partnership to cooperate on ultra-fast electric vehicle charging networks in China, the automakers said on Monday.

MicroStrategy is targeting a capital raise of up to $2 billion to continue to strengthen its balance sheet and acquire more Bitcoin, the business software company announced.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is increasingly likely to announce he intends to step down, though he has not made a final decision, a source familiar with Trudeau’s thinking said on Sunday.

The lawsuits challenge President Joe Biden’s final significant act of his tenure, calling his decision to block the buyout of the American steel maker by Nippon Steel an “unlawful political influence.

The Biden administration plans to impose more sanctions on Russia over its war on Ukraine, taking aim at its oil revenues with action against tankers carrying Russian crude, three sources with knowledge of the matter said.

 U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla said on Friday its China sales rose 8.8% to a record high of more than 657,000 cars in 2024, a strong performance in a competitive market in a year when its annual global deliveries fell for the first time.

The euro declined 0.9% against the US dollar, reaching mid-1.02, its lowest level since 21 November 2022 on Thursday.

U.S. mortgage rates jumped to a six-month high this week, suggesting that a recent improvement in home sales could be temporary.

U.S. oil inventories fell by 1.2 million barrels last week; Analysts had predicted crude stockpiles would fall by 2.4 million barrels