Eurozone inflation rises to 1%
In Spain, the harmonized inflation rate in November stood at 0.5%, three tenths more than in October
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Hourly labor costs in the Eurozone industry grow at 2.9% per year due to the 3.1% rise in wages
Intermoney | From the perspective of the Eurozone’s labor costs, it was possible to highlight the maintenance of its dynamism, despite its small step back in 3Q19 to moderate up to 2.6% a.
European Green Deal: change will require considerable investments
The European Commission estimates that “meeting the current climate and energy objectives by 2030 will require an additional annual investment of € 260bn.” The requirement of stricter standards by 2030 and that there are no net emissions in 2050 will require the mobilization of the public and private sectors.
Lagarde announces broad “strategic review” of the ECB’s monetary policy, the first since 2003
Christine Lagarde gave her press conference as the head of the ECB yesterday. While alerting of the risks that the eurozone is facing, she promised to maintain both the official rates and the monetary stimuli of her predecessor Mario Draghi. However, the market’s focus was on the announcement of a broad “strategic review” of the ECB’s monetary policy, the first since 2003. This was interpreted as a possible change in the ECB targets, including inflation below 2%. Banks bounced with over + 3%.
European Automobiles: Entering The Next Auto Decade
Bank of America | We think that the next decade in Autos will be all about electrification (global CO2 targets), slower car sales growth, mobility services and a greater focus on cost reforms (material costs, capacity rationalization & personnel costs). Following two years of declining global car sales, we think 2020 could see flat growth. However, we do not believe that this will be enough to offset cost pressures in an industry burdened by high fixed costs (labour) and rising regulatory charges (CO2).
Trump Arrives in Europe With a New Trade War
|Profiting from his return to Europe to celebrate the 70th anniversary of NATO, Donald Trump used the platform to launch the opening salvos in a new skirmish in his endlessly improvised “America First” trade wars. This time, Trump claims to be retaliating against France’s effort to resist the unfettered domination of the giant American tech monopolies that have spread across global markets, leaving little margin of maneuver to potential competitors who can’t match their size and reach.
Popularity Of Fiscal Policy Rises As New European Leadership Shows Up
David Kohl (Julius Baer) | The European political leadership is in transition, with Ursula von der Leyen starting as President of the European Commission and Christine Lagarde as President of the European Central Bank and the Social Democrats in Germany voting for a new leadership. The common denominator of the most recent leadership changes in Europe is more openness towards an expansionary fiscal policy at the expense of austerity, which had been the mantra of the past ten years.