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What Is Important in the Financial World (4/2/2013)

Posted: April 2, 2013 at 6:45 am

High European Unemployment Eurostat reported that unemployment in 17-nation euro area continues to hover at 12%. It is worth remembering that, at the depths of the recession, U.S. joblessness barely ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (2/14/2013)

Posted: February 14, 2013 at 6:43 am

European Recession As if the news of economic contraction in Japan, Germany and France in the fourth quarter of last year was not bad enough, new data from Eurostat shows the ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (11/15/2012)

Posted: November 15, 2012 at 6:20 am

Europe Returns to Recession Europe has dropped into recession or nearly so. Eurostat reported that third-quarter gross domestic product in the euro-area fell 0.1%, compared with the second quarter. Among ...
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Eurozone Factory Output and Inflation Inch Higher

Posted: September 12, 2012 at 8:54 am

Eurostat, the European Union's official statistics agency, said today that industrial production in the 17 eurozone countries was 0.6% higher in July than in June, but 2.3% lower than in ...
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Eurozone Q2 GDP and June Industrial Output Fall

Posted: August 14, 2012 at 5:54 am

Flash estimates published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, showed that gross domestic product in the eurozone fell by 0.2% during the second quarter of 2012, compared ...
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Eurozone May Industrial Production Surprises to the Upside

Posted: July 12, 2012 at 7:09 am

The European Union’s statistics office, Eurostat, reported this morning that industrial production among the 17 members of the Eurozone rose 0.6% month-over-month in May. Compared with May 2011, industrial production ...
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What’s Important in The Financial World (7/2/2012)

Posted: July 2, 2012 at 6:33 am

Inaccurate submissions of Libor interest rate data, which first cost Barclays (NYSE: BCS) $453 million in fines to U.S. and UK regulators, has cost the chairman of the bank, Marcus Agius. ...
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EU Industrial Production Dives Again

Posted: June 13, 2012 at 7:54 am

The European Union’s statistical agency, Eurostat, has released its report for April’s EU industrial production. Among the 17 members of the Eurozone, production fell -0.8% compared with March production, and ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (4/12/2012) China Slowdown, EU Production, Italian Bond Yields

Posted: April 12, 2012 at 6:32 am

Italian bond yields rose to their highest levels since January as capital markets investors continued to express worry that more EU nations have set austerity plans that will not close ...
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Euro Area Industrial Production Trouble

Posted: April 12, 2012 at 6:29 am

Industrial production, a key measure of economic health, is still poor in the 17 euro area nations. Eurostat reports that seasonally adjusted industrial production grew by 0.5% in February compared ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (4/2/2012) Pinnacle Air Chapter 11, Record Europe Unemployment

Posted: April 2, 2012 at 6:38 am

The unemployment rate of the eurozone reached 10.8% in February, up from 10.0% a year ago according to EuroStat. Unlike the in United States, the trend is in the wrong direction. ...
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Euro Area Unemployment Surges

Posted: April 2, 2012 at 6:31 am

The unemployment rate of the eurozone reached 10.8% in February, up from 10.0% a year ago according to EuroStat. Unlike the in United States, the trend is in the wrong ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (1/31/2012) Apple Retail Chief, EU Unemployment

Posted: January 31, 2012 at 6:45 am

EU nations, led by Germany, have approved a permanent bailout fund, the European Stability Mechanism, which has 500 billion euros. But that does not mean a rescue for Greece. On ...
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Unemployment Plague Ruins EU’s Future

Posted: December 1, 2011 at 6:26 am

lEurostat announced the October unemployment level for what is calls the euro area, or the 17 nations at the heart of the eurozone. The number was 10.3%, up from 10.1% a ...
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Another Sign of EU Recession, as Industrial Orders Fall

Posted: August 24, 2011 at 6:39 am

The recession beginning to develop in the EU has shown more signs of accelerating. EuroStat reports that, “In June 2011 compared with May 2011, the euro area industrial new orders ...
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