In a week with few economic data releases, the latest ECB communicationsturned the week tumultuous. It appears that worries about inflation have...
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Eurozone | Recovery Tracker gains ground after a holiday dip
Posted by Daniela Ordonez on Jan 25, 2022
Our eurozone Recovery Tracker rose 1.4pts to 80.3 in the two weeks ending January 9. We view the reading with a bit of caution, as it may reflect a...
Eurozone weekly economic briefing | High inflation keeps fuelling debates
Posted by Daniela Ordonez on Jan 21, 2022
With eurozone inflation confirmed at a record-high of 5.0% y/y in December, the debate over how long upward price pressures will continue returned to...
Eurozone | Macron sets EU aims amid Omicron risks
Posted by Daniela Ordonez on Dec 10, 2021
The health situation is deteriorating across Europe, prompting strongercontainment measures. Beyond the direct impact that renewed restrictions will...
Eurozone: Rising Covid cases may slow the recovery
Posted by Daniela Ordonez on Nov 29, 2021
With Covid infections rising rapidly again across Europe, the health situation is back under the spotlight. Governments across the region are...
Eurozone | Rising headwinds will test post-winter optimism
Posted by Daniela Ordonez on Nov 12, 2021
The ZEW and the Sentix for November surprised on the upside, showing thatinvestors are increasingly confident about the future even though current...
Eurozone weekly economic briefing | Potential policy shakers this week
Posted by Daniela Ordonez on Oct 22, 2021
The week was full of events that could potentially become policy shakers. While the PMIs showed economic growth keeps cooling, energy prices...
Eurozone | 2022 French deficit at least €40bn wider than budget
Posted by Daniela Ordonez on Oct 19, 2021
We estimate France’s fiscal deficit in 2022 will be around €40bn wider than projected by the government in its draft budget, at 6.3% of GDP versus...
Eurozone | Recovery Tracker suffers a setback at end-September
Posted by Daniela Ordonez on Oct 12, 2021
Our Recovery Tracker suffered a setback at September’s end, falling 1.1pts to87.6 after reaching a new pandemic high two weeks earlier. Lower...
Eurozone | Why the labour market will recover faster than usual
Posted by Daniela Ordonez on Jul 14, 2021
The eurozone labour market is heating up. We expect around 2 million jobs will be created from Q2 2021 until the end of the year, recovering almost...