Economy
The EU might well achieve its employment rate target for 2020
Monday 04 March 2019 |
Kashyap Raibagi | VoxEurop
The European Union has achieved 72.2 percent employment rate as a part of the Europe 2020 strategy, which targets 75 percent employment for the EU.
Top 100 of the largest banks
Monday 18 February 2019 |
Alternatives Economiques Four out of the world's five largest banks are Chinese.
Report on shadow banking
Monday 18 February 2019 |
Alternatives Economiques An annual report on all activities and actors that contribute to the non-bank financing of the economy.
World Cartel Report
Sunday 17 February 2019 |
Alternatives Economiques Morgan Lewis publishes an annual survey on corporate cartels and the sanctions imposed on them or not by regulators.
Europe challenged by energy poverty
Sunday 24 February 2019 |
Aude Martin | Alternatives Economiques
Millions of Europeans cannot heat their homes properly in winter. But household energy poverty is also a problem in summer, particularly in southern and eastern Europe.
Czech Republic leads Europe when it comes to job offers
Wednesday 24 January 2018 |
VoxEurop The Central European country’s jobs vacancy rate is nearly the double than the EU average
Competition: fewer fines for cartels
Tuesday 12 February 2019 |
Christian Chavagneux | Alternatives Economiques
According to the latest research, the number of fines imposed on cartels that distort competition has fallen worldwide, while more than half of all fines are imposed by the EU.
The unemployment rate is declining more in Finland than in the EU
Friday 01 February 2019 |
Newsworthy The unemployment rate was 6.8 percent in Finland in December, compared to 7.5 percent in June.
Cash still has a future
Friday 01 February 2019 |
Christian Chavagneux | Alternatives Economiques
On 27 January 2019 the European Central Bank stopped printing 500-euro banknotes. One more step towards a cashless economy? Not for now. Proponents of e-payments are annoyed, but there are dangers to an economy without cash.
The unemployment rate is steady in France – while declining in the EU
Friday 01 February 2019 |
Newsworthy The unemployment rate was 9.1 percent in France in December 2018, compared to 9.1 percent in December 2017. In the same period, the unemployment in the European Union has decreased from 7.2 percent to 6.6 percent.
