This points to weaker expansion in services business activity, another indication of weaker
eurozone growth in the first quarter of 2018.
Not exact matches
In the past two years, the U.S.'s spring swoons could be attributed to new outbreaks in the eurozone debt crisis; this year, it's home - grown factors that are expected to weigh on growt
In the past two years, the U.S.'s spring swoons could be attributed to new outbreaks
in the eurozone debt crisis; this year, it's home - grown factors that are expected to weigh on growt
in the
eurozone debt crisis; this year, it's home - grown factors that are expected to weigh on
growth.
«We have revised up our 2018
growth forecasts for both the US and the
eurozone on the back of recent Q4 GDP prints and the momentum going into Q1 2018,» Mortimer - Lee wrote
in his monthly outlook.
The
Eurozone crisis could be ended tomorrow if the European Central Bank (ECB) announced it was going to launch a mammoth campaign to continue buying the bonds of troubled members of the European Community (EC) until
growth in EC output and employment bailed them out of their debt burdens.
Coupled with other bumps on the road (think the
eurozone crisis and slow global
growth) the overall effect, he added, «has been economic
growth around 2 percent, and only a very gradual improvement
in labor markets.»
Fears of seeming «political» during a presidential election year, sluggish
growth in the
Eurozone and a slowdown of the Chinese economic juggernaut will also keep Janet Yellen and the rest of the Federal Open Markets Committee from pulling the trigger more often; their vacillation will be one of the year's longest - running (and least loved) dramas.
Still, the good news on that front is Europe: The
eurozone has formally crawled out of recession, the U.K. is coming along at modest but positive pace, and Eastern Europe is being buoyed by
growth in Germany.
Economic
growth for the
Eurozone is also projected to be above trend, 2.4 % this year and 2.0 %
in 2019, supported by continued monetary stimulus, improving labor markets, and healthy external demand.
It was
growth in Germany and France
in the second quarter of the year that propelled the
eurozone above the zero -
growth mark, and German and French consumers,
in turn, gave their respective economies a considerable lift.
Official figures show that economic
growth across the 19 - country
eurozone slowed down
in the first three months of the year
But net exports seem poised to become a larger engine of
growth, one that could help offset the impact of further spending cuts
in Washington or soften the punch from another bout of
eurozone crisis travails, writes TD's Michael Dolega.
Growth in the
Eurozone has done the same.
World
growth will remain low on average but negative
in the UK and Europe; price inflation will remain sufficiently subdued for a while longer so as to impose no constraint on monetary expansion; central banks will sustain a regime of negative real interest rates and rapid monetary expansion; the risk of a
eurozone collapse is off the table for now; finally, stock markets should continue to perform better than expected, even though the four - year old cyclical bull market is long by historical standards.
Together, those drags on the economy of the 19 - country
eurozone are a reason the bloc's unemployment rate is more than double that of the United States, and why
eurozone growth has lagged the American rebound
in recent years.
The long - awaited program, known as quantitative easing, is meant to spur
growth in the listless
eurozone economy and to raise inflation to healthier levels.
The program, similar to one begun
in the United States much earlier, has not been enough to bring
eurozone growth back to where it was before the global financial crisis of 2008.
The uncertain state of the
eurozone economy may become clearer on Wednesday when the European Union statistics office releases an estimate of its economic
growth in the first quarter.
The European Central Bank (ECB) announced last Thursday, April 26, 2018, that it would maintain its monetary policy and bond - buying program, as
growth in the
eurozone slowed
in the first quarter.
The
eurozone and Japan are reaching the limits of negative rates, with further divergence likely to be driven by incremental QE
in Europe and Japan as well the trajectories of U.S.
growth and rate increases.
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With more people
in work, and earning more, spending power is on the rise, a boost for the
eurozone's
growth prospects.
Dublin's campaign to ratify the
eurozone fiscal discipline pact is failing to build momentum against a backdrop of weakening economic
growth and a wider European debate about austerity, with almost one -
in - five Irish voters still undecided.
Nevertheless, the ECB expects the
eurozone's recovery to «broaden»
in the months ahead, as private - sector lending
growth picks up and inflation expectations move higher.
Growth outlook in the eurozone remains broadly balanced with chances of better than expected economic growth, while downside risks are largely associated with global factors, including the forex (foreign exchange) ma
Growth outlook
in the
eurozone remains broadly balanced with chances of better than expected economic
growth, while downside risks are largely associated with global factors, including the forex (foreign exchange) ma
growth, while downside risks are largely associated with global factors, including the forex (foreign exchange) markets.
They are still very focused on Brexit and its potential impact on
eurozone growth and their businesses
in the region.
The European Commission struck a similar note
in forecasting
eurozone growth of 1.6 % this year, rising slightly to 1.8 %
in 2016.
Eurostat stated that
eurozone unemployment was 10.9 %
in July, the first time it fell below 11 % since February 2012, while a range of leading indicators (such as the Markit composite purchasing managers» index, the European Commission's Economic Sentiment Index and money supply data) suggest
growth has continued apace
in the third quarter.
By contrast, the
Eurozone and Japan are still
in the midst of extended programmes of quantitative easing (QE) intended mainly to keep interest rates low along the length of the yield curve (rather than directly to boost the rates of
growth of money and purchasing power), and hence to stimulate the two economies.
Unemployment across the 19 - country
eurozone has fallen to its lowest level
in a little more than nine years on the back of strong economic
growth, official figures showed Thursday.
These are the primary explanations for sub-par
growth, near - deflationary conditions, and, most recently, negative interest rates
in Japan and the
Eurozone (together with the euro - linked economies of Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland).
The weaker overall outlook for global economic
growth could prove the decisive factor
in persuading the ECB to further ease monetary policy
in a concerted effort to stop the
eurozone's recovery from stalling.
Year - on - year
growth was 2.5 %
in the
eurozone and 2.4 %
in the EU as a whole, Eurostat announced.
The second quarter was dominated by volatility brought on by macro fears largely surrounding Europe and the
eurozone economic situation, but slower
growth in the U.S. and the emerging markets also weighed
in on people's fears.
The ECB forecast for
eurozone growth was lowered to 0.9 % for 2014, compared with a previous forecast back
in June of 1 %, but its inflation forecast for 2016 is still sitting at 1.4 %.
With a couple notable exceptions, the consensus on the street appears to be that the single currency will rise to 1.25 or 1.30 against the greenback by the end of the year, supported by accelerating economic
growth in the
Eurozone and an end to the European Central Bank's (ECB) quantitative easing program.
Growth in the
eurozone over the third quarter beat consensus expectations, resulting
in an annual increase of 2.5 %, a slight acceleration from the rate of 2.3 % seen
in the previous quarter.
We see similar risks to domestically exposed companies
in the UK equity market, and we favor UK and
eurozone companies geared to sustained
growth in the global economy.
Second, while
growth has been disappointing
in both developed and emerging markets, financial markets remain hopeful that better economic data will emerge
in the second half of 2013 and 2014, especially
in the US and Japan, with the UK and the
eurozone bottoming out and most emerging markets returning to form.
Inflation is expected to fall to close to zero
in 2015, but
growth should be revised up as falling oil prices help boost consumer spending
in the
eurozone.
In turn, this has allowed the Portuguese economy to become one of the biggest beneficiaries of the eurozone's robust recovery, with the IMF forecasting 2017 could be the country's best year of growth in more than 20 year
In turn, this has allowed the Portuguese economy to become one of the biggest beneficiaries of the
eurozone's robust recovery, with the IMF forecasting 2017 could be the country's best year of
growth in more than 20 year
in more than 20 years.
The issues at play here, such as some easing
in concerns regarding the crisis
in the
eurozone and the prospects of slowing
growth in emerging markets, look to be much more global
in nature, relative to the natural - gas market.
The current pickup
in inflation
in the
eurozone seems likely to be temporary, and while the region's
growth rate has improved, there is little sign of the political appetite for the structural reforms needed.
I think that we can expect that to continue
in the absence of any major policy change, so I think the
Eurozone in aggregate will continue to be a 2 %
growth economy.
Regional economic data
in the
eurozone remained positive, indicating robust
growth underpinned by solid domestic consumption and export demand.
In terms of the actual economy in the Eurozone, in aggregate, I think that the Eurozone is roughly a 1.5 % growth economy, but again that's in aggregate so it masks the big divisions between the core countries like Germany and the weaker countries like Greece and Portugal, and Italy as wel
In terms of the actual economy
in the Eurozone, in aggregate, I think that the Eurozone is roughly a 1.5 % growth economy, but again that's in aggregate so it masks the big divisions between the core countries like Germany and the weaker countries like Greece and Portugal, and Italy as wel
in the
Eurozone,
in aggregate, I think that the Eurozone is roughly a 1.5 % growth economy, but again that's in aggregate so it masks the big divisions between the core countries like Germany and the weaker countries like Greece and Portugal, and Italy as wel
in aggregate, I think that the
Eurozone is roughly a 1.5 %
growth economy, but again that's
in aggregate so it masks the big divisions between the core countries like Germany and the weaker countries like Greece and Portugal, and Italy as wel
in aggregate so it masks the big divisions between the core countries like Germany and the weaker countries like Greece and Portugal, and Italy as well.
In Greece's case at least, we haven't seen much wager - pinching growth, and they continue to try to increase their national savings as a percentage of their GDP to match Germany's again, and that just means there's not a lot of consumption or investment happening in the weaker parts of the Eurozon
In Greece's case at least, we haven't seen much wager - pinching
growth, and they continue to try to increase their national savings as a percentage of their GDP to match Germany's again, and that just means there's not a lot of consumption or investment happening
in the weaker parts of the Eurozon
in the weaker parts of the
Eurozone.
That said, the region may fare well
in a better global
growth environment and find current valuations to be a potentially attractive entry point into
eurozone equities.
The
eurozone has undergone a loosening of the traditionally positive correlation between
growth and inflation also seen
in many other parts of the global economy.
This trend
in growth continued throughout 2010 and 2011 as the US market grew stronger, only interrupted by periodic falls against the EUR when the ECB made attempts to stabilize the
Eurozone.
In the eyes of many observers, the
eurozone is enjoying a «Goldilocks» moment: Conditions are «just right» for
growth.