Tag: “Economy”

Mortgage refinancing jumped sharply higher for the second straight week, as interest rates fell further, but that boom may be about to bust. Interest rates are now moving much higher.

Britain and China will aim to revive a “golden era” business dialogue when Prime Minister Keir Starmer visits Beijing next week, three sources familiar with the initiative said, with top company executives from both sides invited to participate.

Danish pension operator AkademikerPension said it is exiting U.S. Treasuries because of finance concerns as Denmark spars with President Donald Trump over his threats to take over Greenland.

President Donald Trump is set Wednesday to speak at the World Economic Forum, directly addressing an audience that has been put on edge by his intensifying aggression toward the allied territory of Greenland.

The UK’s annual inflation rate unexpectedly picked up at the end of 2025, reinforcing market forecasts that the Bank of England would not cut its key interest rate at its upcoming monetary policy meeting.

Η Αθήνα έχει ξεκινήσει «αγώνα δρόμου» προκειμένου να ολοκληρώσει και τα 177 ορόσημα που απομένουν για να καταφέρει να λάβει το σύνολο των πόρων που δικαιούται φέτος, δηλαδή 35,9 δις. ευρώ (επιχορηγήσεις & δάνεια).

Σε αναθεώρηση προς τα κάτω των προβλέψεών της για την πορεία του πληθωρισμού το 2026 και το 2027 προχωρεί η Τράπεζα της Ελλάδος, ενώ αναμένεται αναζωπύρωση των πληθωριστικών πιέσεων το 2028.

Το ποσό των 23 δισ. ευρώ ξεπέρασαν οι ταξιδιωτικές εισπράξεις τους πρώτους 11 μήνες του 2025, σύμφωνα με τα στοιχεία της Τράπεζας της Ελλάδος, ξεπερνώντας κατά 1,87 δισ. ευρώ εκείνες της αμέσως προηγούμενης χρονιάς.

O Γενικός Δείκτης Κύκλου Εργασιών στη Βιομηχανία του Νοεμβρίου 2025 παρουσίασε αύξηση 0,7% σε σύγκριση με τον αντίστοιχο δείκτη του Νοεμβρίου 2024, έναντι μείωσης 5,2% που σημειώθηκε κατά την αντίστοιχη σύγκριση του έτους 2024 με το 2023.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to impose 200% tariffs on French wines and champagne after French President Emmanuel Macron was reported to be unwilling to join his “Board of Peace” on Gaza.

German producer prices fell broadly in line with expectations in December, decreasing by 2.5% from a year earlier, the federal statistics office reported on Tuesday.

Donald Trump is expected to meet global business leaders in Davos on Wednesday, sources familiar with the matter said, as the U.S. President’s presence looms large over the annual gathering of the global elite in Switzerland.

The U.K. unemployment rate remained at an elevated rate in November while wage growth retreated, data showed Tuesday, suggesting further interest rate cuts by the Bank of England are likely as the new year progresses.

Στο 2,9% διατήρησε η Eurostat την εκτίμησή της για τον πληθωρισμό στην Ελλάδα τον Δεκέμβριο, ενώ οριακά χαμηλότερα στο 1,9% διαμορφώθηκε τελικά ο γενικός δείκτης στην Ευρωζώνη.

South Korea will seek favourable terms for U.S. tariffs on imports of memory chips, a presidential office spokesperson said at a televised briefing on Sunday.

EU capitals are considering hitting the US with €93bn worth of tariffs or restricting American companies from the bloc’s market in response to Donald Trump’s threats to Nato allies opposed to his campaign to take over Greenland.

The International Monetary Fund again edged its 2026 global growth forecast higher on Monday as businesses and economies adapt to U.S. tariffs that have eased in recent months and a continued ​AI investment boom that has fueled asset wealth and expectations of productivity gains.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has received an invitation to join the U.S.′ “Board of Peace” for Gaza, the Kremlin said Monday.

President Donald Trump said he would slap 10% tariffs on imports from eight European countries beginning next month, as he ramps up a pressure campaign on Denmark to sell Greenland to the U.S.

Inflation in the euro area fell to 1.9% in December, according to new figures, down from 2.1% and below the expected 2%.