U.S. Commerce Department unveils first-of-its kind diagnostic supply chain risk assessment tool as Secretary Raimondo and Deputy Secretary Graves highlight how the Commerce Department is working to make America’s supply chains more resilient.
The Committee seeks to achieve maximum employment and to limit inflation at the rate of 2 percent over the longer run. The Committee judges that the risks to achieving its employment and inflation goals are moving into better balance. The economic outlook is uncertain, and the Committee remains highly attentive to inflation risks.
Most merchants continue to offer consumers the option to pay in cash, despite a consistent decrease in the use of this payment method in everyday transactions. The principle of mandatory acceptance of Euro cash by merchants is therefore unnecessary, yet it may pose great difficulties in specific use cases.
The Bulgarian economy showed resilience amidst a succession of shocks, and the outlook is that of rebounding growth and further declining inflation. Yet, inflation remains higher than in peers, and significant risks could push growth down and inflation up again.
Growth has proven resilient despite the continued fallout from the war in Ukraine and is set to strengthen starting this year albeit to subpar levels. Inflation continues to decline, but wage pressures linger. Risks remain elevated, including from an intensification of regional conflicts and an abrupt slowdown in Europe, and domestically, from rising political tensions and more expansionary macroeconomic policies. On the other hand, opening of European Union accession talks
The report highlights the agreement reached by all EU finance ministers within the Eurogroup in inclusive format on the future of the Capital Markets Union (CMU), in response to the call by the Euro Summit of March 2023 to step up efforts in taking forward the CMU. The Eurogroup statement includes a comprehensive set of actions and measures, which constitute a solid foundation for advancing the CMU agenda during the
The transaction concerned a new, single-tranche €7 billion NextGenerationEU (NGEU) Green Bond due on 4 February 2050. The long 25-year bond came at a re-offer yield of 3.339%, equivalent to a price of 98.481%. Bids received amounted to €86.5 billion, resulting in an oversubscription rate of over 12 times. The proceeds of the transaction will be used to finance green projects in Member States’ national Recovery and Resilience Plans (RRPs)
The Spanish recovery and resilience plan consists of €163 billion, of which €79.8 billion in grants and €83.2 billion in loans. It includes 595 milestones and targets, 111 reforms and 142 investments. To date, the Commission has disbursed more than 30% of the funds allocated to Spain under the Recovery and Resilience Facility, i.e. more than €38 billion, which includes pre-financing. More information on Spain’s recovery and resilience plan can
ECB and EBA establish Joint Bank Reporting Committee to make data reporting by the banking industry more efficient. A new structure will harmonise and integrate reporting of statistical, supervisory and resolution data with the aim of developing common definitions and standards.
President Ursula von der Leyen and President of the Swiss Confederation Viola Amherd launched today the negotiations on a broad package of measures to deepen and expand the EU-Switzerland relationship. The two mandates authorise the EU Commission and Switzerland to negotiate a package as outlined in the Common Understanding, endorsed by the Swiss Federal Council and the European Commission in November 2023.
Luxembourg’s legislative and institutional reforms are weakened by structural resource issues affecting the entire criminal justice system. In spite of having secured the first foreign bribery convictions of natural persons since the Convention came into force in the Grand Duchy, the very weak enforcement of the foreign bribery offence remains a matter of concern.
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