As projected, GDP in the Eurozone expanded by a meagre 0.1% in Q3 2013, as export growth fell sharply. Economic activity is expected to accelerate modestly over the forecast horizon (+0.2% in Q4 2013, +0.2% in Q1 2014 and +0.3% in Q2 2014) ...
The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) which represents the $827 billion equipment finance sector, revealed its Top 10 Equipment Acquisition Trends for 2014. Given U.S. businesses, nonprofits and government agencies will spend ...
This year the Eurozone will experience annual GDP growth for the first time since 2011, but at just 0.9% the growth will not be strong enough to support a level of uplift in financial services that will drive further economic recovery ...
Tags: Eurozone Financial Services, Business Lending, Financial Services
The upturn in the eurozone private sector economy gained momentum in December. Although the recovery remained modest and fragile overall, growth of output was nonetheless recorded throughout the second half of 2013. At a three-month high ...
Markit's Eurozone Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) was at 52.7 points in December, up from November's 51.6 points and unchanged from the earlier flash estimate, rising to its highest level since June 2011. Among the countries ...
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The mood among consumers in Germany is again remarkably good as 2013 draws to a close. Further increases were recorded in economic expectations and willingness to buy. Income expectations declined slightly from a high level. Following a ...
Tags: upswing, consumer climate, economy
France may be sliding back into recession after activity in its key manufacturing and services industries shrank for the second month running in December. French GDP shrank by 0.1% in the three months to the end of September and a second ...
Tags: Recession, French Economy
LONDON, Dec. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Fifty-five percent of private equity (PE) executives cite the growing capital requirements of the oil and gas industry as the foremost driver of their investment activity in the industry, according to a ...
Tags: the oil and gas industry, private equity, major capital investment
Today in Barcelona, Repsol Chairman Antonio Brufau presented the document "Spain, enterprises and exports" which was prepared by the Business Council for Competitiveness (CEC). The event was held at the Casa Llotja de Mar and presented by ...
Tags: Repsol, international policies
In November this year, the recovery in the euro zone manufacturing sector accelerated again. Markit's Eurozone Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose to 51.6 in November, up from 51.3 in October and from the earlier flash ...
When a Chinese engineering firm sets off to build a road or a dam in a distant country, a Chinese bank is usually not far behind them. Bank branches bearing Chinese characters can be found on the streets of Lima and Warsaw, as well as Paris ...
The euro zone manufacturing sector has carried its modest third quarter recovery into the final quarter of the year. Markit's Eurozone Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose to 51.3 in October, up from 51.1 in September and ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Air freight markets stabilised in September, after an extended period of slow increase. Global freight tonne kilometres were up 0.5% in September year-on-year, a slowdown on the 3.4% growth in August, and there was no increase in volumes ...
Tags: Global Market Transport, Service, Transport
The Markit Eurozone PMI Composite Output Index fell from September’s 27-month high according to the October flash estimate, but remained above the 50.0 no-change level for a fourth successive month. At 51.5, down from 52.2 in ...
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In September 2013 the CEP-Indicator of Economic Sentiment for China reaches 18.8 points displaying an ongoing positive sentiment. The CEP-Indicator of Economic Sentiment captures the expectations of financial market experts regarding the ...
Tags: China Economic Panel