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Household saving rate up to 12.3% in the euro area

The FINANCIAL -- The household saving rate in the euro area was 12.3% in the first quarter of 2017, compared with 12.1% in the fourth quarter of ...

Consumption per capita varied by more than one to two across EU Member States

The FINANCIAL -- Actual Individual Consumption (AIC) is a measure of material welfare of households. Based on first preliminary estimates for 2016, AIC per capita expressed in Purchasing Power ...

Through an American lens, Western Europe’s middle classes appear smaller

The FINANCIAL -- The American middle class is smaller than middle classes across Western Europe, but its income is higher, according to a recent Pew Research Center analysis of the U.S. and 11 ...

Euro area international trade in goods surplus €30.9 bn

The FINANCIAL -- Euro ...

Tepid support for democracy among both young and old in Central and Eastern Europe

The FINANCIAL -- The generation of Central and Eastern Europeans who came of age after the fall of the Berlin Wall and collapse of the Soviet Union differs little in its political outlook from ...

French President Vows To Be 'Demanding' With Putin In Versailles Talks

The FINANCIAL -- New French President Emmanuel Macron says he will be “demanding” when he hosts Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Palace of Versailles outside Paris on May ...

63 300 unaccompanied minors among asylum seekers registered in the EU in 2016

The FINANCIAL -- In 2016, 63 300 asylum seekers applying for international protection in the Member States of the European Union (EU) were considered to be unaccompanied minors, a number down by ...

Debt mainly held by non-residents in half of the EU Member States

The FINANCIAL -- Significant differences can be observed across the European Union (EU) regarding the sector in which government debt is held. Among Member States for which data are available, the ...

EU ministers stress importance of engaging with civil society in external relations

The FINANCIAL -- EU Foreign Ministers meeting in Brussels on 19 June have stressed the importance of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) as promoters of democracy, and as defenders of the rule of law, ...

Annual growth in labour costs at 1.5% in euro area

The FINANCIAL -- Hourly labour costs rose by 1.5% in the euro area (EA19) and by 1.7% in the EU28 in the first quarter of 2017, compared with the same quarter of the previous ...

Annual inflation down to 1.4% in the euro area

The FINANCIAL -- Euro area annual inflation was 1.4% in May 2017, down from 1.9% in April. In May 2016 the rate was -0.1%. European Union annual inflation was 1.6% in May 2017, down from 2.0% in ...

Terrorism, Migration Trouble Many in Europe

The FINANCIAL -- Worries about terrorism and immigration levels fueled the rise of nationalist parties that shook up European politics in ...

Price levels varied by almost one to three across the EU Member States

The FINANCIAL -- In 2016, price levels for consumer goods and services differed widely in the European Union (EU). Denmark (139% of the EU average) had the highest price level, followed by Ireland ...

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Household saving rate up to 12.3% in the euro area

Consumption per capita varied by more than one to two across EU Member States

Through an American lens, Western Europe’s middle classes appear smaller

Euro area international trade in goods surplus €30.9 bn

Tepid support for democracy among both young and old in Central and Eastern Europe

French President Vows To Be 'Demanding' With Putin In Versailles Talks

63 300 unaccompanied minors among asylum seekers registered in the EU in 2016

Debt mainly held by non-residents in half of the EU Member States

EU ministers stress importance of engaging with civil society in external relations

Annual growth in labour costs at 1.5% in euro area

Annual inflation down to 1.4% in the euro area

Terrorism, Migration Trouble Many in Europe

Price levels varied by almost one to three across the EU Member States

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