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Labour productivity growth in the euro area and the United States: short and long-term developments
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Set
23
2024
Between the fourth quarter of 2019 and the second quarter of 2024 labour productivity per hour worked increased by 0.9% in the euro area, whereas it increased by 6.7% in the United States. Labour productivity growth in the euro area has historically lagged behind that in ...more »
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Set
23
2024
Euro area exporters have been going through a difficult period since the pandemic and have lost competitiveness in global trade. Over the past two decades, the euro area has experienced a gradual decline in its market share in global trade. This downward trend is not unique ...more »
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Set
23
2024
The thread from shipwrecks and sheep flocks to digital currencies
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Can bonds keep beating stocks?
Posted in: News
Set
16
2024
After a terrible couple of months for shareholders, lenders are feeling smug https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/09/12/can-bonds-keep-beating-stocks
Tagged width: banking, capital markets
Set
16
2024
The crypto might need more than some modest rate cuts to embark on a new bull run. https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/09/13/bitcoin-left-out-as-stocks-bonds-and-gold-party-on-global-monetary-easing/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=feedly&utm_campaign=headlines
Set
16
2024
Even though the Federal Reserve is about to loosen monetary policy https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/09/11/strangely-americas-companies-will-soon-face-higher-interest-rates
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Set
09
2024
Markets are in a very different place from earlier in the year https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/09/04/as-stock-prices-fall-investors-prepare-for-an-autumn-chill
Crypto’s Venture Capital Gap
Posted in: News
Set
09
2024
The lack of a central hub for crypto, compared to other tech movements, may be holding innovation back, says Azeem Khan. https://www.coindesk.com/opinion/2024/09/09/cryptos-venture-capital-gap/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=feedly&utm_campaign=headlines
Tagged width: blockchain, fintech
Set
09
2024
Bitcoin lost over 8% of its value during the week, falling below $54,000 on Sept. 6 having traded around $59,000 on Sept. 2 https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/09/09/crypto-fund-outflows-were-most-since-march-last-week-as-bitcoin-etfs-bled/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=feedly&utm_campaign=headlines
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Interview with Piero Cipollone, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, conducted by Eric Albert
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Set
04
2024
Growth in the eurozone is sluggish, the German economy is contracting and inflation has been below 3% for six months. Are you not worried that you might stifle economic growth by keeping interest rates too high for too long? https://www.ecb.europa.eu//press/inter/date/2024/html/ecb.in240904~46dea8ce42.en.html
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