The President of the EP Martin Schulz interviewed on Italian radio, said he was not concerned about the hot topic of the June referendum in the United Kingdom.
Schultz stated that there is a two-speed, but rather "multi-speed Europe: there are those who want to enter and those who want to quit." This has provided a cushion to talk Brexit, but the number one assembly in Strasbourg showed more concern for issues pertaining Eurozone.
Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt is under investigation for market manipulation from Trani prosecution along with former management of the group. The story concerns the massive operations, for 7 billion euro in value, made on Italian government bonds between January and June of 2011.
In recent days the military police of Bari Finance, together with the pm Michael Ruggiero, have made seizures of records and email in German institute Milan office and would have listened to witnesses.
The economic recovery in the eurozone continues, thanks to the support measures offered by the ECB, but foreign demand is weak confirms, following the persistence of the international crisis, and the restrictive budgetary policies of the member states act as a brake to the stimuli offered. It ”s the point of the monthly bulletin published by the Institute of Frankfurt.
According to the Eurotower, the increase in employment guaranteed by the structural reforms and the low price of oil will continue to support household income and thus private consumption. The labor market continues to offer signs of improvement, even if gradually, which led to a 0.3% dell’occupaizone growth in the last quarter of 2015 and a reduction in the unemployment rate to 10.3%.
In the auction of bonds today, Spain has placed three long-term government bonds with maturities for a total of over 2 billion euro, on the middle fork initially scheduled (1.5 – 2.5 billions). In detail the Iberian state has placed government bonds maturing in 2026 for a total amount of 489 million euro, compared to a demand of 2.0 12 billion.
The coverage ratio (ratio between the amount requested and offered quantity) was equal to 4.3, while the gross yield offered by bonds was set all’1,592%, an increase over the previous all’1,496% starting April for placement securities maturing in 10 years.
The ECB has decided to stop the production of the 500-euro note, if the issue will stop "around the end of 2018". This was announced by the central bank, talking about "concerns that this note could facilitate illegal activities." "The 500 euro banknote – the ECB precise – will always retain its value and can be exchanged at the Eurosystem central banks for an unlimited period of time."
The Eurogroup will hold a special meeting to examine the situation of macro-economic adjustment program for Greece. The meeting is scheduled Monday, May 9 starting at 15 in Brussels.
The meeting of ministers of the euro zone Finance, anticipated in late April via Twitter by the spokesman of the President of the Eurogroup, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, "will focus on a comprehensive list of policy reforms and the sustainability of the Greek public debt." "To carry out the first review of the program and unlock additional financial assistance in favor of Greece both of these elements must be defined," he said on the European Council website.
The fate of the 500-euro banknotes is marked: the Governing Council of 4 May the ECB will decide the abolition mode.
In the stores it will still be accepted, but the production is going to be interrupted. It seems to have come to an end the 500-euro note, long been a target of the EU institutions to be used in criminal activities and money laundering. According to Handelsblatt, in fact, the ECB Governing Council in the May 4 will decide the manner in which the abolition will be performed.
Slight upturn in inflation in the Euro Zone. In March, producer prices have marked a rise of 0.3% compared to 0.7% reported not revised the previous month. The figure, announced by the European Union statistics (Eurostat), is better than the estimates of analysts who had expected a 0.1% decline. On an annual basis there was instead a decrease of 4.2%, as in the previous month.
