Blog posts tagged by tag: Euro Area

• Spain in a global context: developed economy with some challenges

  Guest blog post by Neven Valev, Ph.D., Founder and Head of Research at www.theglobaleconomy.com.

  Comparing countries is a useful exercise as it puts the national economies in global context. Whether or not a country is developed in economic and financial terms is a question that makes sense only in relative terms. This article discusses the Spanish economy as an example of how to make such an international comparison. The focus is on four key areas: economic development, financial system development, rule of law, and international trade and investment. Spain is interesting as it is a large developed economy that does, however, face challenges.

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  Tags: Euro Area, Spain

• What economy will the new Dutch government inherit?

  Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s liberal VVD party has won again despite losing seats, keeping the far right in a largely ineffectual position. The Netherlands is one of Europe’s best performing economies, which surely helped see reason ultimately triumph over populism after a campaign dominated by much political noise from Geert Wilders’ anti-immigration party. And yet voters still punished the outgoing coalition heavily. Rutte’s party lost about a quarter of its support and its traditional coalition partner all but collapsed, with the Green-Left party making substantial gains to emerge as an unexpected victor of the night and a potential kingmaker in coalition negotiations. On the face of it the Dutch economy is doing remarkably well, yet voters were clearly not entirely happy with the political status quo. While the Liberals do battle behind the scenes to form a working majority in the fragmented Dutch parliament, we take a look at the economic situation that the new government will inherit.

  

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  Tags: Euro Area, European Union, Infographic

• Euro Area 2016 GDP (billions of Euros)

  The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the Euro Area totaled EUR 10,404 billion in 2015 and is expected to total EUR 10,607 billion by the end of this year. Analysts expect the Eurozone economy to grow a healthy 1.5% this year and 1.6% in 2017. However, the Eurozone is still facing a number of challenges and performing below its potential. High debt levels, a fragile banking sector and a persistent lack of inflationary pressure continues to impede the recovery of many economies in the region.

  See below what analysts expect the GDP of each of the Euro Area countries to be by the end of 2016 (hover over the bubbles for more information): 

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  Tags: Economic Growth (GDP), Euro Area, France, Germany, Italy, Spain

• Which are countries with best and worst unemployment rates in the Euro Area?

  50 analysts surveyed by FocusEconomics expect Eurozone unemployment rate to average 10.4% this year:

  

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  Tags: Euro Area, France, Germany, Greece, Infographic, Italy, Spain, Unemployment rate

• How do the freshly-released IMF GDP growth forecasts compare to the FocusEconomics Consensus Forecast

  The IMF has just released its biannual World Economic Outlook. Sharp downgrades were made to its growth forecasts for emerging economies, especially Brazil, Nigeria, South Africa and Russia. See how the IMF 2015 GDP growth forecasts compare to the latest consensus forecasts from the FocusEconomics’ network of the world’s leading economists.

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  Tags: Africa, Asia, Consensus Forecast, Economic Growth (GDP), Euro Area, IMF, USA