inflation
Londres (AFP) - L'inflation britannique a reculé en mars mais devrait accentuer son repli en avril, selon le gouverneur de la Banque d'Angleterre Andrew Bailey, une bonne nouvelle pour le gouvernement conservateur en campagne et pour les consommateurs en proie à une crise du pouvoir d'achat. L'inflation a légèrement reculé au Royaume-Uni en mars, à 3,2% sur un an contre 3,4% le mois précédent, au plus bas depuis septembre 2021, précise l'Office national des statistiques (ONS) dans son communiqué mercredi. Les analystes prévoyaient toutefois un ralentissement un peu plus prononcé à 3,1%. Les pr...
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Les entreprises européennes sont confrontées à un environnement commercial de plus en plus difficile, en raison de la montée en flèche de l'inflation et de l'augmentation des coûts d'emprunt, les taux d'intérêt demeurant à un niveau inconfortable. Ainsi, plusieurs entreprises de différents secteurs ont dû interrompre ou reporter des projets, le coût de la dette devenant rapidement inabordable. Cette situation a également eu un impact sur les investissements et les embauches. Du côté des consommateurs, l'augmentation de l'inflation a entraîné des hausses de prix pour toute une série de produits...
Euronews (French)
Year-on-year residential property prices in Ireland have continued to accelerate, according to the country's Central Statistics Office (CSO). The national Residential Property Price Index (RPPI) recorded an annual rise of 6.1% in the 12 months leading up to February 2024. Prices in Dublin climbed by 5.6%, while areas outside the capital saw an even higher rise of 6.5%. Last month, the Economic and Social Research Institute warned the Oireachtas Committee on Budgetary Oversight that Ireland's property prices were likely to continue rising in the near future, because of both low investment and a...
Euronews (English)
In March 2024, inflation in the euro area fell from 2.6% to 2.4%, as reported by Eurostat today, marking a four-month low and confirming preliminary data. The euro area comprises countries that use the euro as their national currency within the European Union. The main components contributing to inflation vary. In March, services saw the highest yearly increase, remaining at 4.0% compared to February. Following this, food, alcohol, and tobacco had a rate of 2.7%, down from 3.9% in the previous month. Non-energy industrial goods rose by 1.1%, a decrease from 1.6% in February, while energy price...
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The UK year-on-year inflation report for March 2024 came out on Wednesday morning, clocking in at 3.2%, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), marking a decline from February’s 3.4%. However, it was still above analyst estimates of 3.1%, although the lowest number since September 2021. Food inflation slowing down was one of the biggest contributors to the decline, coming down to 4% from 5% in the previous month. Here's why Germany's economy remains the most distressed in Europe Regarding food and non-alcoholic beverages prices, the ONS said: “Prices have been relatively high bu...
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Londres (AFP) - L'inflation a légèrement reculé au Royaume-Uni en mars, à 3,2% sur un an contre 3,4% le mois précédent, mais reste encore très au-dessus de la cible des autorités monétaires et une épine dans le pied des conservateurs en campagne. C'est le plus faible niveau de hausse des prix depuis septembre 2021, précise l'Office national des statistiques (ONS) dans son communiqué mercredi. Les prix alimentaires ont particulièrement marqué le pas, bonne nouvelle pour les consommateurs en proie à une crise du pouvoir d'achat, tandis que le carburant a freiné le repli des prix, les cours du pé...
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Washington (AFP) - European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde suggested Tuesday that the regulator could lower interest rates before a similar move by the US Federal Reserve, saying "we are not Fed-dependent." Speaking in Washington on the sidelines of spring meetings at the International Monetary Fund, Lagarde said Europe was seeing a "disinflationary process" -- with observers betting on the first rate cut to take place in June. "If we don't have a major shock in development, we are heading toward a moment where we have to moderate the restrictive monetary policy," Lagarde said, witho...
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Washington (AFP) - The IMF has raised its outlook for the global economy this year, while maintaining a gloomy forecast over the medium term, according to fresh data published Tuesday. The International Monetary Fund now expects the world economy to grow by 3.2 percent this year, up 0.1 percentage point from its previous forecast in January, and by a further 3.2 percent in 2025, according to the latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) report. Global headline inflation is expected to ease from 5.9 percent this year to 4.5 percent in 2025, supported by elevated interest rates in many countries. "The...
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Italy's CPI inflation figure was unchanged in the month to March while the rate of price increases came in at 1.2% on an annual basis, according to data released by the country's official statistics agency on Tuesday. Earlier forecasts had predicted a 1.3% annual rise in March, while the monthly increase was also expected to come in slightly higher, at 0.1%. "The downward trend of Italian inflation has been mostly driven by the base effect of the energy goods component, driven by the decline in natural gas prices," said Paolo Pizzoli, an ING economist covering Italy and Greece. Nicola Nobile, ...
Euronews (English)
European companies have been facing an increasingly difficult business environment, due to soaring inflation, as well as higher borrowing costs, as interest rates continue to remain uncomfortably high. As such, several companies across industries have had to halt or postpone projects, due to the cost of debt rapidly becoming unaffordable. This has also impacted capital investments and hiring. On the consumer side, increasing inflation has caused price rises across a variety of necessities and services. Surging interest rates have also bumped up the cost of mortgages, leaving consumers with les...
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