Tag: Eurostat

• Thursday, January 5th 2012 - 05:08 UTC

  EU slower December inflation could be followed by more interest rate cuts

  

  Euro zone inflation eased from last year's peaks of 3.0% in December, the first sign of a fall in price growth this year that analysts expect will create room for more interest rate cuts to help the weakening economy.

• Tuesday, November 15th 2011 - 21:59 UTC

  Greece and banks begin discussing bonds’ 50% haircut and swap

  

  Greece and private bondholders begun working on a deal to halve its public debt, a key pillar of a bailout plan to save the country from bankruptcy and ejection from the euro zone, sources said.

• Monday, October 31st 2011 - 20:16 UTC

  Over 23 million Europeans unemployed; inflation reaches 3% in October

  

  Over 23 million are unemployed in the 27 countries of the Euro zone, the statistical office of the European Union Eurostat informed Monday.

• Tuesday, June 21st 2011 - 21:35 UTC

  Luxembourg has highest EU GDP per capita; 6.5 times Bulgaria

  

  Luxembourg is by far the richest country in the European Union in terms of GDP per capita, more than six times more affluent than the 27-nation bloc's poorest member Bulgaria, data showed.