Euro zone has correct fiscal stance to cut debt, help growth: IMF
Chicago Tribune
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - The euro zone's fiscal stance strikes the right balance between reducing debt and bolstering demand, the International ...

Euro zone price inflation hits trough in May
euronews
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A further slowdown in euro zone inflation in May was confirmed on Monday, as the cost of telecommunication and food kept ...

Euro zone bailout fund ESM considering non-euro bond issuance
Reuters
The 500 billion euro fund was created during the euro zone sovereign debt crisis as a backstop for governments cut off from markets. It can lend to ...

 

Euro zone bonds rally as US Fed fuels yield hunt
Reuters
LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - Peripheral euro zone bond yields headed back towards historic lows on Thursday in a market-wide rally after the U.S. ...

Euro-zone exit from recession not confirmed: CEPR
MarketWatch
An influential group of European economists that ascertains periods of expansion and recession said Tuesday it remains unclear whether the euro ...

Euro-zone wages slow, but job openings rise
MarketWatch
Wage growth across the 18 countries that share the euro slowed in the first three months of this year, while total labor costs also rose at a more ...

Euro Rises Before Fed Decision
RTT News
The euro climbed against most major currencies in European deals on Wednesday, as European stocks advanced ahead of the much awaited ...

Euro-Zone Economy May Still Be in Recession — Think Tank
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Unemployment is too high and growth is subdued, but at least the euro zone is on the road to recovery. That's been the refrain from euro-zone officials ...

Euro-Area Bonds Decline Amid Speculation Rally Losing Momentum
Bloomberg
The euro-area's higher-yielding government bonds declined amid speculation a rally that has driven borrowing costs to record lows is losing ...

Euro strengthens boosted by safe haven flows
FXstreet.com
Euro strengthens boosted by safe haven flows. The European Central Bank decision to turn to negative deposit rates had limited effect. The policy had ...

Euro zone periphery yields up as Italy seeks to extend debt life
Irish Times
It is expected to endorse a proposal to allow Lithuania to adopt the euro as its currency as from January 2015. Photograph: Nicolas Bouvy/EPA. Topics ...

Euro zone ministers say EU fiscal rules flexible, no need to change
Reuters
But euro zone officials appeared to agree unanimously on Thursday that no change was necessary. EU Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner ...

Austerity Causes Euro-Zone Consumption Gap to Widen
Wall Street Journal
The gap between individual consumption in Germany and those euro-zone countries pursuing austerity programs continued to widen last year, ...

Is the euro expensive?
FXstreet.com
The value of the euro has taken pride of place in economic debate over the last few months. Many analysts have argued that its strong appreciation ...

Euro area annual inflation down to 0.5 pct in May
Xinhua
BRUSSELS, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Euro area annual inflation was 0.5 percent in May 2014, down from 0.7 percent in April, figures from Eurostat, the ...

Euro Area CPI Unrevised In May
Action Forex
Euro area Consumer Price Index remained unrevised in May to support the recent monetary decision by the European Central Bank. CPI for the year ...

Merkel Rebuffs Euro-Area Deficit Easing Proposal Made in France
Bloomberg
Chancellor Angela Merkel rebuffed her deputy's suggestion to ease deficit rules in the euro area, saying governments already have enough leeway.

Euro Little Changed Following Euro-Area Inflation Data, Yen Advances On Iraq
Action Forex
Euro started the week lower on Monday, however, the pair managed to edge slightly higher in Europe after data released earlier in the session ...

Euro coal prices ease as Ukraine gas cut fails to lift demand
Business Recorder
image LONDON: European physical coal prices declined on Monday afternoon, as a cut in Russian gas supplies to Ukraine failed to lift demand for ...

Weaker Euro Favors Equities, Says UBS Wealth CIO
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The euro should start to weaken as the two-year rally in euro-zone bonds runs out of steam, according to Mark Haefele, global chief investment officer ...

Flash Consumer Confidence Indicator for EU and Euro Area @ Forex Factory
By From europa.eu
Flash Consumer Confidence Indicator for EU and Euro Area - In June 2014, the DG ECFIN flash estimate1 of the consumer confidence indicator ...
Forex Factory

Euro is heading for a fall | South China Morning Post
The euro has defied the laws of economic gravity for too long. The next stimulus step by the European Central Bank should soon clip its wings and ...
FinData - Foreign Exchange (Interbank...

 
 

This week in the markets: Euro is staging a recovery | Forex Crunch
By Yohay Elam
The pound got an early lift this week, after the Bank of England's Charlie Bean commented in an interview with the Sunday Times that “I would ...
Forex Crunch

EUR/USD - Euro Shrugs Off Weak German PPI | Seeking Alpha
By Dean Popplewell
By Kenny Fisher EUR/USD is firm on Friday, as the pair is back above the 1.36 line, after some gains earlier in the week. On the release front, German ...
SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page

Vítor Constâncio: Recent challenges to monetary policy in the euro area - BIS
Vítor Constâncio: Recent challenges to monetary policy in the euro area. Speech by Mr Vítor Constâncio, Vice-President of the European Central Bank ...
Risk Knowledgebase

Where will the euro sellers lurk? | ForexLive
By Adam Button
The rise in the euro to a 10-day high will irk the ECB and talk of a currency war could be rekindled.
ForexLive

 

 

'European Question' – Do You Know Your Euro-Advocates From Your Eurosceptics? - Urban Times
By Greg Whitaker
In more recent times, Britain has continued in its role as Europe's 'awkward partner' by refusing to adopt the Euro in 1999, despite 18 out of the 28 EU ...
Urban Times

Euro: 'Losing A Friend': Outlook & Forecasts - SocGen - eFXnews
By eFXnews
"Since Mario Draghi's famous 'whatever it takes' speech in the summer of 2012, foreign investors have bought some EUR 659bn in euro-area equities ...
eFXnews - All

 
 

Bearish ETFs to Play a Weakening Euro | ETF Trends
By Max Chen
After the European Central Bank meeting, traders are now the most bearish on the euro as they have been in almost a year, putting pressure on ...
ETF Trends

Here is some real doom- Euro Parliament Member says EURO must be abolished! | InvestmentWatch
By InvestmentWatch
BRUSSELS — He was once one of Germany's most prominent business leaders, head of a major industry lobby and IBM's top executive in Europe.
InvestmentWatch

Time to Bet Against the Euro - DailyWealth
By Steve Sjuggerud
Mario Draghi, the head of The European Central Bank, came out and said what I was predicting, that they are going to trash the euro because they see ...
Gold News

Setting Negative Interest Rates, Euro Central Bank Plots Heist - Blacklisted News
Ironically, one of the goals was to depress the euro exchange rate, so savers holding the currency will indeed have part of their wealth expropriated, ...
BlackListedNews.com



Euro area annual inflation down to 0.5% - Eurostat - Europa
europa.eu
91/2014 - 16 June 2014. May 2014. Euro area annual inflation down to 0.5%. EU down to 0.6%. Euro area1 annual inflation was 0.5% in May 20142, ...
epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/.../2-16062014-AP-EN.PDF

 

 

 

Despite lower yields, euro-periphery is not yet out of the woods | Zsolt Darvas and Pia Hüttl at ...
bruegel.org
Do these undoubtedly benign developments suggest that the three euro-periphery countries have reached a sound and robust fiscal situation?
www.bruegel.org/.../1364-despite-lower-yields-euro-periphery...

ECB triggers explosive rise in emerging market euro borrowing | Reuters
reuters.com
LONDON (Reuters) - Emerging market bond sellers and European funds are both revelling in an explosive rise in euro debt sales that offer cheap ...
uk.reuters.com/.../us-emergingmarkets-euro-bonds-idUKKBN...

 

Currency pressure: SNB sticks to franc's exchange rate with euro - swissinfo.ch
swissinfo.ch
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) has said it will stick to the Swiss franc's exchange rate with the euro. With interest rates close to zero, the SNB ...
www.swissinfo.ch/.../SNB_sticks_to_franc_s_exchange_rate_...

 

2014 Article IV Consultation with the Euro Area Concluding Statement of the IMF Mission
imf.org
Unemployment, especially among the youth, is unacceptably high. The average rate for the euro area is around 12 percent. Youth unemployment is ...
www.imf.org/external/np/ms/2014/061914.htm

 

Euro zone has correct fiscal stance to cut debt, help growth: IMF - Yahoo Finance
yahoo.com
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - The euro zone's fiscal stance strikes the right balance between reducing debt and bolstering demand, the International ...
https://finance.yahoo.com/.../euro-zone-correct-fiscal-stance-c...

 

Euro Area Mired in Recession Pause | Centre for Economic Policy Research
cepr.org
The CEPR Business Cycle Dating Committee has concluded the euro area might be mired in a recession pause. Several quarters of positive but ...
www.cepr.org/content/euro-area-mired-recession-pause

 

Euro Slides Against Majors | Kitco News
kitco.com
OTTAWA (Alliance News) - The European currency weakened against the other major currencies in the early European session on Monday. The euro ...
www.kitco.com/news/2014.../Euro-Slides-Against-Majors.html

The Euro Goes Negative | Peter Schiff's Official Gold Blog
europacmetals.com
Euro Pacific Precious Metals' very own Dickson Buchanan Jr. explains how negative interest rates in Europe will impact the global debt crisis and gold ...
blog.europacmetals.com/2014/06/the-euro-goes-negative/

XE.com - Franc to Look Past SNB Announcement, Euro May Fall on ECB Rhetoric
xe.com
Swiss Franc Unlikely to Find Volatility in SNB Policy Announcement; Euro May Turn Lower Anew on Dovish Rhetoric from ECB Officials; NZ Dollar Fell ...
www.xe.com/news/2014/06/.../3781953.htm?...

 

 

Bank of Lithuania : The first Lithuanian euro coins are being minted by order of the Bank of Lithuania
lb.lt
The Lithuanian Mint, by order of the Bank of Lithuania, has begun minting the first Lithuanian euro pattern coin series with the Vytis, the figure from the ...
https://www.lb.lt/the_first_lithuanian_euro_coins_are_being_...

ekathimerini.com | Eurobank opens books on 500m euro four-year bond at 4.375 pct area
ekathimerini.com
Greece's Eurobank is marketing a 500m euro four-year bond at an initial yield of 4.375 percent area, according to a source. The size of the transaction ...
www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles.../2014_540682

European press roundup: 'Auf Wiedersehen' euro? - Euranet Plus inside
euranetplus-inside.eu
In Germany there are those who advocate the return of the Deutschmark. In the UK, many immigrants are taking advantage of more lenient rules in the ...
euranetplus-inside.eu/european-press-roundup-auf-wiedersehe...

How to finish the euro house | CER
cer.org.uk
How to finish the euro house. Written by Philippe Legrain, 17 June 2014. Eurozone governance is politically unsustainable: its rules and institutions ...
www.cer.org.uk/publications/archive/.../how-finish-euro-hous...

 

EUR/USD – Euro Gains on Fed Statement - FXstreet
fxstreet.com
EUR/USD continues to post gains, as the pair trades in the mid-1.36 range in the European session. The euro has gained about one cent since ...
www.fxstreet.com/analysis/forex-market-pulse/2014/06/19/

US Dollar Targets Fresh Lows versus Euro, Sterling for this Reason | DailyFX
dailyfx.com
Our retail sentiment indicator accurately called for a Dollar pullback versus the Euro, Sterling, and others. This is what we're watching this week.
www.dailyfx.com/forex/technical/ssi/.../ssi_table_story.html

 

 
 
Euro-Area Money Market Rates Approach Zero as ECB Plan Permeates
Bloomberg
A gauge of overnight borrowing costs in euros fell to a record low as the European Central Bank's penalty charge on deposits damped money-market ...
 
Euro zone periphery yields up as Italy seeks to extend debt life
Irish Times
Yields on lower-rated euro zone bonds edged away from record lows today as a debt exchange in Italy prompted some investors to book profits after a ...
Euro to GBP Exchange Rate Down after Confidence Slide, Euro to USD Weaker
Future Currency Forecast
As the weekend rumbled closer the Euro to Pound exchange rate softened by 0.11% in response to disappointing confidence data from the Eurozone.
Euro-zone current-account surplus widens in April
MarketWatch
FRANKFURT-The euro zone's current-account surplus increased in April on the heels of higher surpluses for goods and services, according to data ...
Billion euro tax loophole on hybrid loans closed
EurActiv
EU finance ministers meeting today (20 June) have closed a billion euro loophole exploited by multinationals to pay little or no tax, after Malta dropped ...
 
EURO COAL-Prices drop to their lowest since 2009
Reuters Africa
... * July ARA cargoes trade at $70.50/T. * Physical coal prices: link.reuters.com/jaf32w. LONDON, June 20 (Reuters) - European physical coal prices ...
Euro area consumer confidence declines in June:
TradingFloor.com
Households in the euro area reported slightly lower confidence according to the preliminary June report. Consumer confidence fell to -7.4 in June vs.


Union for the Mediterranean » Promoting regional cooperation in the Euro-Mediterranean region ...
ufmsecretariat.org
The aim of the meeting was to invite key Mediterranean actors to analyse the current context and challenges facing the Euro-Mediterranean region ...
ufmsecretariat.org/promoting-regional-cooperation-in-the-eur...