Tag: “Economy”

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.

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

Στην συνάντηση που πραγματοποιήθηκε την προηγούμενη Παρασκευή 27/12, ανακτήθηκε το κλίμα εμπιστοσύνης και υπήρξε συναντίληψη για τα ζητήματα που έχουν προκύψει

China’s factory activity grew in December but at a slower-than-expected pace, as overall sales were dampened by falling export orders amid concerns over the trade outlook, a private-sector survey showed on Thursday.

Manufacturers in the euro zone ended last year on a sour note, with factory activity declining at a faster rate, according to a survey which offered scant signals of an imminent recovery

The Bank of England said on Thursday it had allotted 46.180 billion pounds ($57.49 billion) at its first short-term repo of 2025, the second-highest amount on record and up from 38.075 billion pounds at a repo on Dec. 19.

China has awarded a range of civil servants across the nation their first significant pay rise in years, according to people familiar with the matter, as policymakers try to boost morale and spur spending.

China’s 2024 gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to exceed 130 trillion yuan ($17.8 trillion), President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday in his New Year’s address, adding that the country would implement more proactive policies to promote growth in 2025.

China’s factory activity growth in December missed analysts’ expectations Tuesday, signaling that Beijing’s stimulus measures were not sufficient to meaningfully boost the country’s ailing economy.

Στις αγορές βγαίνει σήμερα Τρίτη (31/12) το ελληνικό δημόσιο εκδίδοντας έντοκα γραμμάτια τρίμηνης διάρκειας, σε άυλη μορφή, ποσού 500 εκατομμυρίων ευρώ, λήξεως 4 Απριλίου 2025.

Στις 53,2 μονάδες έκλεισε τον Δεκέμβριο ο εποχικά προσαρμοσμένος Δείκτης Υπευθύνων Προμηθειών της S&P Global για τον τομέα μεταποίησης στην Ελλάδα (Purchasing Managers’ Index- PMI)

Ισχυρή αύξηση για τις εκταμιεύσεις δανείων – Αύξηση κατά 1,718 δισ. ευρώ παρουσίασαν οι καταθέσεις των επιχειρήσεων, κατά 551 εκατ. ευρώ οι αντίστοιχες των νοικοκυριών

In the weeks since the election, China has flaunted the ways in which it could hit back at the U.S. in the event of a new trade war with the U.S., including everything from choking off the metals needed for everyday products to punishing American companies that do business in China.

Japan’s factory activity shrank at a slower pace in December as declines in production and new orders eased, a private-sector survey showed on Monday, edging closer to stabilisation after recent falls.

Consumer prices rose 2.8% in December compared with the same month of 2023, up from 2.4% in November

Σε πλεόνασμα ύψους 12,011 δισ. ευρώ διαμορφώθηκε την περίοδο Ιανουαρίου – Νοεμβρίου 2024 το πρωτογενές αποτέλεσμα του προϋπολογισμού σε τροποποιημένη ταμειακή βάση