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Leading indicators but also hard data signal a developing manufacturing sector boom while the government prepares the strictest lockdown to date in order to prevent the healthcare system from being ov

Flash Eurozone PMI at 52.5 in March signals return to growth. Manufacturing expands at record pace, helping offset service sector weakness.

Flash Eurozone PMI edges up from 47.8 in January to 48.1 in February. Manufacturing expansion gains momentum, helping offset further service sector weakness.

ifo Institute's latest economic barometer for Germany is showing continued signs of recovery in the German economy, with remaining pressures in terms of current assessment of business conditions and m

The ETF headlines in May were ruled by the reopening of economies, hopes for a COVID-19 vaccine and global economic stimulus.

The European Commission proposed a plan to borrow 750 billion euros ($826.5 billion) on the market and then disburse to EU countries.

Small shops (with a retail space of below 800 square meters) will be allowed to reopen from Monday as long as hygiene and social distancing measures are in place. Larger car dealerships, bike shops an

While GDP contraction for 2020 looks sharp at -4.2 percent y/y, unemployment figures appear rather robust and employment levels seem to be only weakly impacted.

The French economy shrank the most since World War II in the first quarter, according to the Bank of France, and the outlook for the rest of the year is souring significantly.The central bank estimate

Building on recent gains, Germany's benchmark DAX Index soared another 4.6% overnight to technically leave a bear market it entered in March.A bounce for the export-heavy gauge, which fell as much as

Economic activity halts in Europe, with Eurozone PMI composite flash plunging to 31.4 from 51.6, a faster dive than during the financial crisis.France composite PMI flash plummeted to 30.2 from 51.9

"Once the crisis is over - and we hope this will be the case in several months - we will return to austerity policy and, as soon as possible, to the balanced budget policy," German Economy Min

The latest sentiment figures from ZEW as well as IFO are sobering. China's dramatic decline is one thing, the German situation quite another. If we further assu

In a bid to avert a crisis in Germany, Eurozone's largest economy, German finance minister Olaf Scholz pledged unlimited cash to businesses hit by a coronavirus, including massive expansion of loans t

The European Central Bank did not change its policy rate of interest, even though the expectation was only for a minor one, although it did ease up in other way