Category Archives: Euro area

Jobs – Two Speed Europe emerges

Jobs are not being lost everywhere in Europe. In the midst of Europe’s debt-induced recession woes, it is interesting to note the vastly different labour market experience of individual European economies since late 2007. The two charts below illustrate this … Continue reading

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Economic Growth – not just the UK’s problem

Just how bad is the state of the UK’s economy? Another clue will come in Tuesday’s GDP figures – the first estimate of third quarter growth. Shadow Chancellor, Ed Balls, leads the “there’s no growth” camp with his oft-quoted line: “Our … Continue reading

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Long-Term Bond Yields and Credit Ratings

It’s been another tricky week for those in sovereign credit markets. On Tuesday, independent debt-rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) downgraded the credit ratings for Portugal and Greece. Greece’s debt rating fell by two notches to BB- and Portugal’s by … Continue reading

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Taking the long view – historical macroeconomic data on Timetric

Inspired by this rather interesting post on VisualizingEconomics, comparing Egypt and China’s long term growth, we’ve added the complete world macroeconomic dataset to the Timetric site in all its glory. This is truly historic as it goes all the way … Continue reading

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German labour market – records set, no recession

Labour market figures released yesterday by Destatis, the German Statistics Office, showed the country continuing to grow with record employment (post-reunification) and the lowest unemployment for nearly 20 years. The charts below show the positive trends and how the country … Continue reading

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