Showing posts with label europe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label europe. Show all posts

Friday, 17 December 2010

EU Agrees on Permanent Eurozone Rescue Fund


EU leaders have agreed on a permanent mechanism to bail out any member state whose debt problems threaten the 16-nation Eurozone.


European Inflation - All You Need to Know


The European Commission's Econmics & Financial Affairs division have put together this very informative guide to measuring inflation in the EU.


Thursday, 25 November 2010

Germany Nearing Full Employment


Astonishing given the curernt economic climate amongst the Eurozone countries.


The German economy will hopefully take others with it as it powers ahead into the new year.


Leaving the Euro - How Would it Work?


Another excellent discussion from the BBC.


Friday, 19 November 2010

Europe's Bad Debt Dominoes


Follow the link to the BBC article which makes reference to Europe's struggling economies...

Thursday, 18 November 2010

Q&A Republic or Ireland Finances


Another helpful explanation from the BBC which explains the crisis facing Ireland and how it may impact upon other countries.


Tuesday, 16 November 2010

Monday, 1 November 2010

EU Leaders Clinch Pact to Defend Euro


EU leaders say tough new budget rules will protect the euro from a "Greek-style" crisis.


Read the following important reports from the BBC:







Monday, 4 October 2010

The EU - Interactive Data


The Economist has a great interactive data tool for the EU covering growth, budget deficits, unemployment...


This will make a useful resource for dissertations.




Wednesday, 29 September 2010

New EU Sanctions to Punish Deficit Rebels


The European Commission is plannining to unveil its new plans to fine countries that run large budget deficits which pose a threat to the Euro.
We will be covering this in class so I advise you to read the article...

Wednesday, 22 September 2010

Ireland Bond Sales Goes Ahead Despite Concerns


Ireland managed to dispell rumours that it was vulnerable to a Greek style bond crisis by selling 1.5bn Euros worth of government bonds.

It will come at a price though as interest rates attached the bonds were as high as 6%.

We will be covering such issues in class, read more here to be ahead of the game!

Monday, 13 September 2010

Thursday, 9 September 2010