Tag: Eurozone

The European Union said it hasn’t made any specific offer yet to reduce tariffs on imported US cars as it works to avoid a trade confrontation with President Donald Trump.

Η ρήτρα διαφυγής που έγινε γνωστή τον καιρό της πανδημίας και της ανάγκης για μέτρα στήριξης και επιτρέπει δαπάνες για συγκεκριμένους στόχους που δεν θα προσμετρώνται στο έλλειμμα (αλλά θα βαρύνουν στο μέλλον το χρέος κάθε χώρας), έρχεται ξανά στο τραπέζι.

The European Commission also announced a fund specific to AI gigafactories to allow companies to train their AI models.

Shares in European and Asian steelmakers fell on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would introduce 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminium imports within hours in addition to existing metals duties.

Στο 3,1% διαμορφώθηκε ο πληθωρισμός στην Ελλάδα τον περασμένο Ιανουάριο, επιβραδύνοντας σε σύγκριση με το 3,2% τον αντίστοιχο μήνα του 2024. Από την άλλη πλευρά, επιτάχυνε σε σχέση με τον Δεκέμβριο (2,9%), σύμφωνα με τα στοιχεία της Eurostat.

Eurozone inflation unexpectedly ticked up in January to stay above the European Central Bank’s medium-term 2 per cent target for the third month in a row, but the rise was not expected to alter policymakers’ plan to continue lowering interest rates.

The unemployment rate for the EU as a whole was 5.9% in December 2024, up from 5.8% in November 2024 and down from 6.0% in December 2023, according to Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office.

Η Ευρωπαϊκή Αρχή Τραπεζών αποτύπωσε τους βασικούς κινδύνους για τις οικονομίες κάθε χώρας – Βάσει αυτών, θα διενεργηθούν τα stress tests των τραπεζών – Τι προβλέπουν τα σενάρια της ΕΒΑ

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Monday it is expanding and upgrading a probe into about 295,125 American Honda vehicles over reports of crashes and injuries due to their automatic emergency braking systems.

European wind power stocks fell on Wednesday after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said he would try to ensure that “no windmills” are built on his watch, criticising the sector less than two weeks before he is due to take office.

The European Union will not tolerate attacks within its borders, France’s Foreign Minister said on Wednesday in the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s reiterations that bringing Greenland under U.S. control is a “necessity.”

Annual inflation in the euro zone rose for a third straight month to reach 2.4% in December, statistics agency Eurostat said Tuesday.

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.

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.

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

US president-elect Donald Trump has warned the EU that it must commit to buying “large scale” amounts of US oil and gas or face tariffs, in his first trade salvo against Brussels since his election victory.

Inflation across the Eurozone continued to rise in November, but less than expected. Germany, however, was among those countries which bucked the trend.

Eurozone services rebounded in December, lifting overall activity despite a manufacturing slump and job cuts. Germany and France remain in contraction, weighed by political uncertainty. Inflationary pressures persist, keeping the ECB’s interest rate path uncertain.

Manufacturing activity fell sharply across Europe last month and a further decline in demand dashed hopes for an imminent turnaround, whereas in China factories extended their recovery, surveys showed.

Eurozone inflation rose to 2.3 per cent in November, exceeding the European Central Bank’s target for the first time in three months.