IMF Projects Robust Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, Amid Shifting Global Forces
“The strong growth trends of recent years in the sub-Saharan Africa region are expected to continue. The region’s economy is forecast to continue growing at a fast clip, expanding by about 5 percent in 2014, the same level as in 2013, and accelerating...
ECB's statement on New York Times articles
The ECB neither provides nor approves emergency liquidity assistance. It is the national central bank, in this case the Central Bank of Cyprus, that provides ELA to an institution that it judges to be solvent at its own risks and under its own terms...
Many austerity programmes not in line with European Social Charter
“Many austerity and fiscal consolidation programmes were implemented without prior consultation with social partners and are not in conformity with the European Social Charter, nor the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,” the PACE Sub...
Results of the Euro Money Market Survey 2014
The European Central Bank (ECB) is publishing the results of the “Euro Money Market Survey 2014”, which highlights the main developments in the euro money market in the second quarter of 2014, comparing them with those in the second quarter of 2013....
The OECD encourages the French government to pursue the ongoing structural reforms to boost growth
Full implementation of the structural reforms adopted and announced in France would boost potential annual economic growth by one third, or 0.4 percentage points per year over ten years, according to the OECD.
European council agrees position on a platform against undeclared work
First-ever bootcamp for clean tech enterprises in Vietnam yields first generation of graduates
This week 24 innovative clean-tech startups graduated from Vietnam’s first-ever Clean Tech Bootcamp. This program helps small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) develop and bring to market innovative clean-energy and energy-efficiency solutions and...
UK's street trading and pedlary laws to be modernised
Gas stress test: Cooperation is key to cope with supply interruption
Declines in commodity prices likely to continue through 2015, says WB report
Prices of most commodities, particularly oil, are expected to remain weak for the remainder of this year and through much of 2015, says the World Bank’s latest issue of Commodity Markets Outlook, released.
