Royal Canadian Mint Honours Legendary Canadian Pianist and Jazz Giant Oscar Peterson on New $1 Circulation Coin
The Royal Canadian Mint is honouring one of the greatest musicians the world has ever seen by issuing a new $1 commemorative circulation celebrating the life and artistic legacy of…
Statistics Netherlands: Inflation rate up to 9.7 percent in March
Bridges over canals in Amsterdam Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that the consumer price index (CPI) was 9.7 percent higher in March than in the same month last year. In February,…
Belgium’s annual inflation rate rose to 8.3% in March, the highest since 1983
Inflation increases from 8.04% to 8.31% in March, which is the highest level since March 1983, when it was 8.92%. The consumer price index this month increases by 0.62 points or 0.52%. Inflation…
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will affect the Estonian economy through supply difficulties and higher inflation
How the Estonian and global economies perform will for the time being be steered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and how the war progresses. There is a lot of uncertainty…
Six months left to spend your paper £20 and £50 banknotes – Bank of England
Copyright: Bank of England The Bank of England will be withdrawing legal tender status of the paper £20 and £50 notes after 30 September 2022, and we are encouraging anyone…
U.S. crude oil production fell by 8% in 2020, the largest annual decrease on record
U.S. crude oil production averaged 11.3 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2020, down 935,000 b/d (8%) from the record annual average high of 12.2 million b/d in 2019. The…
Statistics Estonia: In February, electricity and motor fuel had the biggest impact on the consumer price index
City View of Tallinn According to Statistics Estonia, in February, the consumer price index rose by 0.9% compared to January and by 0.6% compared to February 2020. Goods were 0.6%…
UK applying to join Asia-Pacific free trade pact CPTPP
International trade secretary Liz Truss says Asia Pacific countries “will provide big markets” in the future for British products The UK is formally applying to join one of the world’s…
The WTO’s 25 years of achievement and challenges
As the WTO marks its 25-year anniversary, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo reflects on the organisation’s achievements and on the formidable challenges it faces in the coming years. The WTO at…
Global Wealth Report 2019: Global wealth rises by 2.6% driven by US & China, despite trade tensions
Credit Suisse Research Institute publishes its tenth edition of the Global Wealth Report, the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of information on global household wealth. Global wealth grew during the…
Tata Steel and thyssenkrupp sign definitive Joint Venture agreements to create new steel champion in Europe
Tata Steel and thyssenkrupp AG today signed definitive agreements to combine their European steel businesses in a 50/50 joint venture in a new company. This follows the signing of a…
The Walt Disney Company To Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., After Spinoff Of Certain Businesses, For $52.4 Billion In Stock
21st Century Fox to spin off Fox Broadcasting network and stations, Fox News, Fox Business, FS1, FS2 and Big Ten Network to its shareholders Acquisition complements and enhances The Walt…
Foreign trade increased faster in Estonia in 2016 than in the euro area as a whole
The surplus on the current account of the Estonian balance of payments in 2016 was the largest since independence was regained Foreign trade picked up last year as both exports…
Price rises in February were primarily due to higher prices for oil and food – Bank of Estonia
Data from Statistics Estonia show that consumer price inflation was 3.4% in February, with prices up 1.3% on the previous month.Preliminary estimates put inflation in the euro area at 2%…
Former Bundesbank president Hans Tietmeyer dies aged 85
The Deutsche Bundesbank mourns the passing of its former president, Hans Tietmeyer, who died on 27 December 2016 at the age of 85. Hans Tietmeyer started working at the Bundesbank in 1990, first as…