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IMF Staff Country Report-Italy: Selected Issues
August 1, 2022--PRODUCTIVITY IN ITALY: SCOPE FOR IMPROVEMENT1
This paper investigates the role of structural characteristics on Italy's labor productivity at the regional and sectoral levels. Productivity-enhancing structural factors are found be highly correlated, indicating that reforms are complementary and reinforcing. As a result, a concerted, multi-faceted reform program, as envisaged in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, would likely be most effective at raising productivity.
Improving structural characteristics beyond Italy's national frontier will be crucial to lift productivity towards the level of peer EU countries.
Two Decades of Weak Productivity: Regional and Sectoral Dimensions1.
Italy's productivity has been stagnant in recent decades. Real value added per worker declined by nearly 5 percent, while total factor productivity fell by 13½ percent during 2000-19. Together with the shrinking working-age population, potential growth has been low, and the economy has slowed markedly.
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Source: IMF.org
Euro zone's inflation at record 8.9% in July, highest since 1997
July 30, 2022--Euro zone's inflation at record 8.9% in July, highest since 1997
Annual inflation in the eurozone's 19 countries rose to 8.9 per cent in July, an increase from 8.6 per cent in June
Consumer prices jumped 8.9% in July; economists estimated 8.7%
Latest all-time high coincides with growing recession fears
Euro-zone inflation climbed to another all-time high, supporting calls for the European Central Bank to follow up its first interest-rate hike since 2011 with another big
Inflation in the European countries using the euro currency shot up to another record in July, pushed by higher energy prices driven partly by Russia's war in Ukraine, but the economy still managed some meager growth.
Annual inflation in the eurozone's 19 countries rose to 8.9 per cent in July, an increase from 8.6 per cent in June, according to the latest numbers published Friday by the European Union statistics agency.
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Source: business-standard.com
ESAs issue report on the extent of voluntary disclosure of principal adverse impact under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation
July 28, 2022--July 28, 2022-The Joint Committee of the three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA- ESAs) published the first annual report on the extent of voluntary disclosure of principal adverse impact under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR)-Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2019/2088.
Based on a survey of National Competent Authorities (NCAs), the ESAs have developed a preliminary, indicative and non-exhaustive overview of good examples of best practices, and less good examples of voluntary disclosures.
Highlights:
the extent of compliance with voluntary disclosures varies significantly across respondents, but, overall, the first disclosures since the application of the SFDR are not very detailed-this is expected to change for the disclosures made for the 2022 reporting period once the SFDR Delegated Regulation applies;
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Source: ESMA
ETC Group launches BTCetc on Cboe Europe
July 28, 2022--ETC Group has its digital asset-backed securities listed on European exchanges including XETRA, Euronext, SIX, AQUIS UK and Wiener Börse.
Digital asset-backed securities provider ETC Group announced it will list its physically-backed BTCetc ETC Group Physical Bitcoin (ticker BTCE) on Cboe Europe.
Trading on regulated markets, investors can buy and sell the BTCE in the same way they would when trading conventional shares through their online broker platform or bank and with identical regulatory protections in place.
The underlying collateral is securely stored in institutional-grade custody, and investors do not require a digital wallet or related technical knowledge, the firm stated.
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Source: financefeeds.com
Euro area economic and financial developments by institutional sector: first quarter of 2022
July 27, 2022--Euro area net saving decreased to €809 billion in four quarters up to first quarter of 2022, compared with €824 billion in 2021.
Household debt-to-income ratio declined to 96.2% in first quarter of 2022 from 96.5% one year earlier
Non-financial corporations' debt-to-GDP ratio (consolidated measure) decreased to 78.8% in first quarter of 2022 from 82.5% one year earlier
Total euro area economy
Euro area net saving decreased to €809 billion (8.0% of euro area net disposable income) in the four quarters to the first quarter of 2022 as compared with €824 billion in the four quarters to the previous quarter.
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Source: ECB
ECB-Monetary developments in the euro area: June 2022
July 27, 2022--Annual growth rate of broad monetary aggregate M3 stood at 5.7% in June 2022, after 5.8% in May 2022 (revised from 5.6%)
Annual growth rate of narrower monetary aggregate M1, comprising currency in circulation and overnight deposits, decreased to 7.2% in June from 7.9% in May
Annual growth rate of adjusted loans to households stood at 4.6% in June, unchanged from previous month
Annual growth rate of adjusted loans to non-financial corporations increased to 6.8% in June from 5.8% in May
Components of the broad monetary aggregate M3
The annual growth rate of the broad monetary aggregate M3 stood at 5.7% in June 2022, after 5.8% in May, averaging 5.9% in the three months up to June.
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Source: ECB
Interlinked climate risks could ripple through euro zone, ECB study says
July 26, 2022--Climate shocks could quickly ripple through the euro zone economy as financial interlinkages amplified dangers and losses, a study by the European Central Bank and the EU's risk watchdog, the European Systemic Risk Board, said on Tuesday.
The ECB, which supervises the biggest banks in the 19-country euro zone, has for years argued that climate change is a top risk and has pushed lenders to acknowledge and reduce their exposures, but with little success so far.
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Source: reuters.com
New equity index ETFs from HSBC on Xetra: access to sustainable companies in Europe, the real estate sector, and the Chinese equity market
July 25, 2022--Three new exchange-traded funds issued by HSBC Asset Management have been tradable on Xetra and via Börse Frankfurt since Monday.
The HSBC Europe Sustainable Equity UCITS ETF gives investors the opportunity to invest in sustainable companies from European developed countries that aim to reduce carbon emissions and fossil fuel pollution.
The HSBC FTSE EPRA NAREIT Developed UCITS ETF provides diversified exposure to real estate companies and real estate investment trusts listed on developed equity markets around the world.
For investors interested in the Chinese equity market, the HSBC MSCI China UCITS ETF is available. It tracks the performance of large and mid-cap Chinese companies, which may include China's A-shares.
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Source: Xetra.com
Germany Faces Weaker Growth Amid Energy Concerns
July 22, 2022--At the start of the year, the German economy was showing signs of overcoming the problems that had capped growth in 2021. Supply bottlenecks that had hampered manufacturing were easing and services were opening up again as the country emerged from a severe winter wave of the Delta variant.
It all changed with Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24.
Energy prices and inflation soared, consumer confidence fell, and foreign demand for Germany's exports weakened.
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Source: imf.org
ECB raises rates for first time in decade with safety net for debtors
July 21, 2022--The European Central Bank raised its interest rates for the first time since 2011 on Thursday and unveiled a new bond-buying programme to keep borrowing costs in check for the euro zone's most indebted countries.
The ECB raised its deposit rate by 50 basis points to zero, or twice as much as it had indicated after its previous meeting, in an effort to curb record-high inflation in the euro zone.
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Source: reuters.com
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