Adam

Euro area quarterly balance of payments and international investment position: third quarter of 2020

Current account surplus at €231 billion (2.0% of euro area GDP) in four quarters to third quarter of 2020, down from €265 billion a year earlier Geographic counterparts: largest bilateral surpluses vis-à-vis United Kingdom (€138 billion) and United States (€73 billion), with largest deficits vis-à-vis offshore centres (€100 billion) and China (€79 billion) International investment position showed net liabilities of €10 billion (around 0.1% of euro area […]

Households and non-financial corporations in the euro area: third quarter of 2020

Households’ financial investment increased at higher annual rate of 3.5% in third quarter of 2020, compared with 3.2% one quarter earlier Non-financial corporations’ financing increased at higher annual rate of 2.1% in third quarter of 2020, compared with 1.9% one quarter earlier Non-financial corporations’ gross operating surplus decreased at lower annual rate (-6.9%) in third quarter of 2020, compared with -19.3% […]

EMA receives application for conditional marketing authorisation of COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca

EMA has received an application for conditional marketing authorisation (CMA) for a COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University. The assessment of the vaccine, known as COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca, will proceed under an accelerated timeline. An opinion on the marketing authorisation could be issued by 29 January during the meeting of EMA’s scientific committee […]

New rules on transparency: detailed arrangements for stakeholders

The new regulation aimed at increasing the transparency of risk assessment in the food chain becomes applicable on 27 March 2021. As part of the implementation process, EFSA has published detailed arrangements for how the new rules and measures specified in the regulation will operate in practice. The arrangements are aimed primarily at EFSA’s stakeholders, such […]

Sustainability: What are the alternatives to economic growth?

How can societies and people prosper and grow without harming the environment and climate? Is it possible to implement the European Green Deal through social innovations that have little or no environmental impact? To broaden the sustainability debate, a European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing, published today, explores alternative ways of thinking about growth and progress.