Tsipras smells chance as ELAS surges to second, while ND courts right flank
Alexis Tsipras has raised the stakes of Greece’s emerging pre‑election season, calling for a victory for his newly formed ELAS party from the very first Sunday.
Household Finance and Consumption Survey: Results from the 2023 wave
This report summarises the stylised facts from the 2023 wave of the Eurosystem Household Finance and Consumption Survey, which provides household-level data collected in a harmonised way in 20 euro area countries, as well as in the Czech Republic and Hungary, for a sample of almost 90,000 households. When compared with previous waves, the 2023 results are strongly affected by the temporary surge in inflation experienced in the euro area between 2021 and 2023.
Household Finance and Consumption Survey: Methodological report for the 2023 wave
This report summarises the methodologies used in the fifth wave of the Eurosystem Household Finance and Consumption Survey, which provides household-level data collected in a harmonised way in the 20 euro area countries at the time of collection, as well as in the Czech Republic and Hungary. The total sample size comprises almost 90,000 households. Although the survey does not refer to the same time period in all countries, the most common reference period for the data is 2023.
Potential End of War Tests Trump’s Promise of Quick Economic Rebound
Gas prices and other goods could remain elevated for months, adding to the political challenge facing the White House in the midterm elections.
Wages index maintains momentum with 6.7% YoY rise in Q1
Greece’s seasonally adjusted (SA) Wages Index grew by 6.7 percent year-on-year (YoY) in Q1, from 7.9 percent in the previous quarter, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) figures showed on Monday.
Budget continues to perform strongly with 3.64 bln surplus up to May
The budget primary balance landed at a surplus of 3.64 billion euros up to May, according to the preliminary budget execution data released by the Finance Ministry (MoF) on Monday.
Summary of the RTGS CHAPS Industry Forum
The first meeting of the RTGS CHAPS Industry Forum
Trump proposes putting political goals above objective criteria in deciding who gets government grants, from childcare to research to public safety
Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought's agency is behind this drive to shake up federal grantmaking. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty ImagesThe federal government provides grants – any amount of money that the recipient doesn’t have to pay back – for a wide array of purposes that serve the public interest.
The ‘right to repair’ movement has a point, but consumers should read the warranty fine print first
A recent settlement with farm equipment manufacturer John Deere made it easier for farmers to repair machines on their own, a win for the 'right to repair' movement.
FDI, gravity, and aggregation: revisiting the distance elasticity with sector-level FDI data
This paper re-examines foreign direct investment motives in the ‘FDI gravity’ model (Kleinert and Toubal, 2010), focusing on the role of distance. More precisely, we investigate whether aggregate and pooled gravity models for FDI obscure relevant heterogeneities across sectors. This is possible through the novel MREID dataset, which provides us with FDI data at the 2-digit NAICS level for 184 countries over the period 2010 to 2020.
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