March Eurozone inflation drops to 0.5%
March Eurozone inflation declined to 0.5%, compared to 0.7% in February, according to Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. Analysts had predicted...
Pessimism stunted developing economies
Early global policy architects' pessimism stunted developing economies during most of the twentieth century, a researcher from the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Centre for...
University spin-offs have better long-term productivity
University spin-offs tend to have superior long-term productivity than other companies, researchers from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona in Spain reported in the journal...
Child undernutrition not cured by economic growth
Child undernutrition is barely improved when there is economic growth, researchers from Germany, Switzerland, the US and India reported in The Lancet Global Health...
UK current account deficit near all-time high in Q4 2014
The UK current account deficit for the fourth quarter of 2014 was £22.4 billion, according to the Office for National Statistics, nearly as high...
Is there a US deflation risk? No, says BBVA Compass
There is no US deflation risk, say BBVA Compass economists who urge the Federal Reserve to stick to its current timeline on reducing the...
IMF Ukraine loan package worth $14-18 billion agreed
An IMF Ukraine loan package stand-by arrangement worth between $14-$18 billion has been agreed (staff level agreement), after an IMF (International Monetary Fund) mission...
Eurozone economic index up 0.1% in February
The Eurozone economic index for February increased by 0.1% to 111.1, after rising by 1.4% in January and 0.3% in December, according to the...
March 2014 consumer confidence rebound, US
The Conference Board has registered a March consumer confidence rebound in the US after declining in February. The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index for...
Russian capital flight warning
A Russian capital flight warning has been issued by several analysts as well as the country’s deputy economy minister, Andrei Klepach, who also said...