Tag Archives: inflation

De Nederlandsche Bank: Netherlands July inflation was 3.1%, twice as high as euro-area inflation, current high level expected to be temporary

15-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Prices in the Netherlands are rising sharply. In the past ten months, inflation according to the European Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) surpassed the 3% level nine times. Government measures are pushing up inflation, which is … Read the full press release

EC: Latvia ready to adopt euro in 2014

Brussels, 5-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Today, the European Commission publishes its 2013 Convergence Report on Latvia, together with a citizen’s summary that briefly explains the report and the rationale behind it. The Commission concludes that Latvia has achieved a high degree of sustainable economic … Read the full press release

Professor Jon Rushman: You can understand why Governments are nervous about Bitcoin

Jon Rushman talks about Bitcoin on BBC’s Today 20-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Professor Jon Rushman told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that he believes in the long term cyber currencies like Bitcoin could see the end of central banks and foreign … Read the full press release

The European Commission, ECB and IMF comment on the conclusion of the review mission to Greece

Brussels, 15-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Staff teams from the European Commission (EC), European Central Bank (ECB), and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have concluded their review mission to Greece. The mission has reached staff-level agreement with the authorities on the economic and financial … Read the full press release