Bloomberg | Brief » Economics Europe http://www.bloombergbriefs.com Bloomberg BRIEF Wed, 22 May 2013 13:58:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Bank-Deposit Data May Reveal Extent of Cyprus Panic in March http://www.bloombergbriefs.com/2013/04/26/bank-deposit-data-may-reveal-extent-of-cyprus-panic-in-march/ http://www.bloombergbriefs.com/2013/04/26/bank-deposit-data-may-reveal-extent-of-cyprus-panic-in-march/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:13:04 +0000 Bloomberg Brief http://wordpress.bloomberg.com/brief/?p=13421 Today’s euro-area bank-deposit figures for March may highlight the extent of the bank run in Cyprus even as a proposed deposit levy on savers was dropped after lawmakers refused to implement it. Greek’s deposit-growth rate turned positive for the first time in three years in February. Four nations experienced a drop in deposits on a year-over-year basis in February: Spain, Slovenia, Portugal and Cyprus.

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Comparisons between the dangers posed by the banking systems of Cyprus and Malta appear to be  misplaced, though the rapid expansion of the Maltese financial sector has the potential to someday become a problem.

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]]> http://www.bloombergbriefs.com/2013/01/11/counterfeiters-favored-20-50-euro-banknotes-in-second-half/feed/ 0 Spain Deficit, U.K. GDP, Cyprus Cut, Fiscal Cliff http://www.bloombergbriefs.com/2012/12/21/spain-deficit-u-k-gdp-cyprus-cut-fiscal-cliff/ http://www.bloombergbriefs.com/2012/12/21/spain-deficit-u-k-gdp-cyprus-cut-fiscal-cliff/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:24:50 +0000 Bloomberg Brief http://wordpress.bloomberg.com/brief/?p=11143 ■WHAT TO WATCH: Spain will struggle to meet its 2012 deficit target, Deputy Budget Minister Marta Fernandez Curras said. German consumer confidence will fall for a second month in January, GfK said today. S&P cut Cyprus’s long-term debt rating for the third time in five months. U.K. consumer confidence fell in December from an 18-month high. Danish GDP figures may confirm the economy grew 0.1 percent in the third quarter. 8 a.m. Hungarian economic sentiment rose to an eight-month high.

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]]> http://www.bloombergbriefs.com/2012/12/14/u-k-credit-rating-outlook-lowered-to-negative-at-sp/feed/ 0 Economics Europe: EU Summit, Fed Policy, SNB Rate, Berlusconi http://www.bloombergbriefs.com/2012/12/13/economics-europe-eu-summit-fed-policy-snb-rate-berlusconi/ http://www.bloombergbriefs.com/2012/12/13/economics-europe-eu-summit-fed-policy-snb-rate-berlusconi/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:59:33 +0000 Bloomberg Brief http://wordpress.bloomberg.com/brief/?p=10893 WHAT TO WATCH: European finance ministers meet to approve bailout payment to Greece. 9 a.m. The ministers early today moved closer to an agreement on a single euro-area bank supervisor. EU leaders start their two-day summit. The Federal Reserve tied its interest-rate outlook to unemployment and inflation and committed to an even faster expansion of its balance sheet. (See page 2.) Spain will sell 2015, 2017, 2040 bonds. 9.30 a.m. Italy will sell 2015, 2026 bonds. 10 a.m.

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