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A little tweet told me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... midnight on Monday", but rushed these through with a favorable agreement today [24 Feb], is that, drumroll, the European Commission drafted the entire letter!" One more time, yes, yes yo! "...the European Commission drafted the entire letter" - the letter ...

Crowding in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... turn, raises borrowing costs. But "crowding in"? Again, what the fudge is that? This, my friends, is what European Commission (EC) president Jean-Claude Juncker calls the EC's fresh initiative to breathe life into the region's comatosing economy. The ...

Why the eurozone cannot afford cheap oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... higher - is that it replayed fears of slowing global growth... coming as it did at the same time that the European Commission (EC) downgraded its growth and inflation forecasts for the Eurozone. The EC now expects GDP growth of just 0.8% this year for ...

Recycling the same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... read, industrial confidence dropped to a reading of minus 5.3 in August from minus 3.8 in July. More. The European Commission's (EC) index of executive and consumer sentiment declined to 100.6 in August - less than expectations and the lowest reading ...

Only the dead have seen the end of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... warned Vladimir Putin not to use "humanitarian aid" as cover to send in Russian troops to Ukraine.... and European Commission (EC) President Jose Manuel Barroso who, according to the EC's statement, "warned against any unilateral military actions in ...

The art of fighting without fighting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... countries to lower their debt burdens and their deficits... they're also reviving confidence and growth. The European Commission very recently reported that March "Consumer confidence was particularly buoyant, registering the sharpest monthly increase ...

Punishing Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States and the President of the European Council and President of the European Commission, join together today to condemn the Russian Federation's clear violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ...

Out of sight, out of mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... deeply entrenched in recession with record unemployment to boot. Not bad at all 'ey? And not only this, the European Commission's recent economic confidence survey shows that confidence in the region increased to a greater than expected 89.4 reading ...

Global cooling on carbon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... global economy, this too is made in Europe. Carbon prices fell after the European Parliament rejected the European Commission's plan to backload - that is, take 900 million tonnes of carbon credits off market and return them when the region's economy ...

Over regulation delays global recovery

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... unintended consequences is the Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) being proposed in 11 European countries. The European Commission anticipates a 0.28% fall in GDP as a result of the tax but many analysts expect it to be much higher. SLI says there are also ...