#eurozone — Public Fediverse posts

"Have a say on future banknotes!
... The Governing Council will consider the public’s responses before selecting the final design for the future euro banknotes. This is expected to take place around the end of 2026."

#EuroBanknotes #NewEuroBankNotes #Europe #EU #EuroZone
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknotes/future%5Fbanknotes/html/index.en.html

Se oggi non sapete cosa fare, potete rispondere a questo simpatico sondaggio sulla vostra grafica preferita per le prossime banconote dell'Euro:

https://surveys.ecb.europa.eu/10b/neweuro/

Io ovviamente ho votato quelle con gli uccelli, basta Leonardo Da Vinci! 😄

#euro #banconote #eurozone #bce

You can vote on our future eurozone banknotes here:
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknotes/future_banknotes/html/design-proposals.de.html

I really like designs G and I. Hope that one of them makes it 🍀

#EuropeanUnion #EuroZone #Money

Eurozone inflation at 2.8%: Will it be enough for the ECB to pause?

Eurozone inflation was confirmed at 2.8% for June on Friday, marking the first decline this year and giving the European Central Bank a timely argument to keep its deposit facility rate unchanged at 2.25% when it meets this week.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260720-eurozone-inflation-at-28-will-it-be-enough-for-the-ecb-to-pause?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Eurozone #Inflation #Economy #ChristineLagarde #InterestRates #ECB

Europe's Housing Affordability Crunch: From Credit Booms to Supply Constraints.
Why European Housing Keeps Getting Less Affordable.

#Europe #EU #HousingCrisis #RealEstate #residentiak #rents #HousePrices #housing #property #Greece #Eurozone

The Digital euro enters the final round of EU negotiations between the European Parliament and EU governments.

Parliament confirmed its negotiating position on the digital euro with a vote in Strasbourg on Thursday.

EU lawmakers are now ready to begin negotiations with member state governments on how the digital euro will work.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260709-the-digital-euro-enters-the-final-round-of-eu-negotiations-between-the-european-parliament-and-eu-governments?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#DigitalEuro #Eurozone #CBDC #Currencies #Banking #Finance #Business

House Prices: EU and Euro area – Index levels, from Q1 2020 to Q1 2026

#EU #HousePrices #Eurozone #housing #RealEstate #property #residential

Inflation im Euroraum sinkt deutlich auf 2,8 Prozent

Die Entspannung im Iran-Konflikt dämpft die Inflation: Die Verbraucherpreise in der Eurozone stiegen im Juni um 2,8 Prozent im Vergleich zum Vorjahr. Das nimmt der EZB den Druck, die Zinsen rasch weiter anzuheben.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/konjunktur/inflation-eurozone-juni-verbraucherpreise-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#Inflation #Verbraucherpreise #Teuerung #Eurozone

Annual House Price Index, Greece vs the Euro area, from 2007 to 2025

#Greece #Eurozone #HousePrices #HousingCrisis #EU #RealEstate #residential #housing #Ελλάδα #ΕΕ #ακίνητα

The annual inflation rate across the Eurozone decreased in June 2026, according to the EU statistical body Eurostat. The rate is estimated at 2.8 percent, down... https://news.osna.fm/?p=53565 | #news #drops #ecb #eurozone #inflation

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Thank you for the detailed response—I learnt a lot. I was broadly aware of the situation in Greece, but I did not know the granular details.

Sadly, since the 1980s, neoliberalism managed to do what you describe to practically every country in the world. All public utilities (healthcare, education, housing, water supply, power grid, agriculture, transport, communications, broadcast) were privatized, and turned into commodities. Millions of peasants in the global south were thrown off their lands and pauperised, so also billions of landless labourers. In this way, they globalized the reserve army of labour. Then the Western multinational corporations shifted most of their manufacturing/production to the global south, and earned enormous surplus by paying global south workers far far lower wages (for the same productivity) than their Western counterparts. This also put enormous downward pressure on the wages of the workers in the Western bloc. Now that the people are miserable and raging, neoliberalism is breeding neofascism everywhere. The tactic is simple yet effective—neofascists turn people's rage against neoliberalism towards some helpless minority or the other (African and Asian migrants in Europe, Muslims in India, etc). That allows neoliberalism to continue hyperexploitation of the peripheries and exploitation of the workers in the Western bloc. That's the basic reason we see neofascists coming to power everywhere in the world.

Going by your description, all of the above seems to apply to Greece too.

Here's hoping ordinary people everywhere rise up and overthrow imperialism + capitalism.

postscript:
I knew about the PIIGS acronym, and about Italy being part of that, but since Italy is part of G7, I did not include it among "peripheral" countries.

Where are the eurozone’s cheapest and highest mortgage rates?

Borrowers in the Baltics pay just over twice what Maltese households do for a home loan, ECB data to April 2026 shows.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260618-where-are-the-eurozones-cheapest-and-highest-mortgage-rates?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Mortgages #Economy #Housing #InterestRates #Eurozone #MortgageDivide #MonetaryPolicy #Europe

Data centres per million people in OECD and partner countries, 2025

Greece sits near the bottom, at roughly ~2 data centres per million people — well below the OECD average of ~7, highlighting a significant digital infrastructure gap relative to peers.

#AI #Europe #Greece #DataCenters #property #RealEstate #PropTech #Eurozone

Total AI Investment per Capita 2023 in EU countries and Greece, and Individuals using generative AI tools in the last three months (2025 or latest available data), OECD countries.

Greece shows exceptionally strong structural penetration.
Its youth adoption (16–24) is among the highest measured, tracking at over 83%, while its overall average (16–74) pushes near 45%.

#AI #EU #Greece #PropTech #RealEstate #housing #property #Eurozone

The European Central Bank raises eurozone interest rates as the Iran war stokes inflation.

The ECB has raised interest rates for the first time since 2023 in response to higher inflation caused by the war in Iran.

The bank raised its main deposit rate from 2% to 2.25% and financial markets are pricing in two more rises by next spring.

Eurozone consumer price inflation rose to 3.2% in May 2026, up from 3% in April.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260611-the-european-central-bank-raises-eurozone-interest-rates-as-the-iran-war-stokes-inflation?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#ECB #Eurozone #Economy #Business #Inflation #EU

ECB raises eurozone interest rates as Iran war stokes inflation https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jun/11/ecb-eurozone-interest-rates-iran-war-inflation #EuropeanCentralBank #Eurozone #Economics #Business #EuropeanUnion #Europe

Home Ownership Rates in EU Countries and Aggregates, 2025 (% of population)

EU: 68.5%
Euroarea: 64.7%
The most recent Eurostat-sourced figure for Greece is 69.4% in 2025, down from 69.7% in 2024

#EU #Greece #housing #Homeownership #RealEstate #property #HousePrices #rents #RealEstate #Eurozone #residential

Europe Watches Its Economic Recovery Fade Into the Distance

When the war began in the Middle East and energy prices soared, Europe braced for a sharp, short…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #christine #Europe #EuropeanCentralBank #EuropeanUnion #Eurozone #FeesandRates) #GovernmentBonds #Inflation(Economics) #InterestRates #Iran #Lagarde #Oil(Petroleum)andGasoline #OrganizationforEconomicCooperationandDevelopment #Prices(Fares #StraitofHormuz
https://www.newsbeep.com/582635/

Europe Watches Its Economic Recovery Fade Into the Distance

When the war began in the Middle East and energy prices soared, Europe braced for a sharp, short…
#NewsBeep #News #Economy #Business #Christine #Europe #EuropeanCentralBank #EuropeanUnion #Eurozone #FeesandRates) #GovernmentBonds #Inflation(Economics) #interestrates #Lagarde #Oil(Petroleum)andGasoline #OrganizationforEconomicCooperationandDevelopment #Prices(Fares #straitofhormuz #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/628451/

Europe Watches Its Economic Recovery Fade Into the Distance

When the war began in the Middle East and energy prices soared, Europe braced for a sharp, short…
#NewsBeep #News #Economy #Business #CA #Canada #Christine #Europe #EuropeanCentralBank #europeanunion #Eurozone #FeesandRates) #governmentbonds #Inflation(Economics) #InterestRates #Lagarde #Oil(Petroleum)andGasoline #OrganizationforEconomicCooperationandDevelopment #Prices(Fares #StraitofHormuz
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/723295/

Share of young people (16–30) for whom housing affordability is the biggest worry, by country, 2025.

EU-27 Average: 23% of young Europeans consider housing affordability to be their primary concern.

Greece at 19% — below the EU-27 average of 23% — is similarly explained by the very late age of leaving the parental home (30.7 years), which may suppress expressed housing worry among those still living with family.

#EU #Greece #housing #RealEstate #rents #HousingCrisis #property #Eurozone

The Czech president reignites the euro debate.

Czech President Petr Pavel has argued that the country should be prepared to abandon its national currency if it becomes an obstacle to economic development and European influence.

The country’s eurosceptic government and public opinion still firmly reject adopting the EU’s single currency.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260607-the-czech-president-reignites-the-euro-debate?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Czechia #Eurozone #Currency #Economy #Slovakia #EU #Politics

Wirtschaft in der Eurozone im ersten Quartal geschrumpft

Die Wirtschaftsleistung in der Eurozone im ersten Quartal um 0,2 Prozent zurückgegangen. Das liegt vor allem an einem Konjunktur-Einbruch in Irland. In Deutschland gab es laut Europas Statistikamt ein leichtes Wachstum.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/konjunktur/eurozone-wachstum-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#Eurozone #Wirtschaftswachstum

The Eurozone economy shrank by 0.2% in the first quarter of 2026.

The 21-member euro area has entered negative territory for the first time in over a year, with a dramatic Irish contraction masking more nuanced performances across the bloc’s major economies.

Year-on-year, the eurozone’s economy grew by a mere 0.3% in the period, down from 1.2% last year.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260605-the-eurozone-economy-shrank-by-02-in-the-first-quarter-of-2026?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Eurozone #Economy #Ireland

The value of the housing capital stock for each EU Member State in 2023.

EU: €27.44 trillion
Euro Area: €25.11 trillion
Germany: €7.53 trillion
France: €5.72 trillion
Greece: €269.5 billion
Greece peak (2008): €366.5 billion

Eurostat

Net capital stock = the value of dwellings after subtracting accumulated depreciation.
It reflects the economic value of the residential built environment in each country.

#EU #Greece #RealEstate #housing #HousePrices #Eurozone #property #value #residential

Inflation in der Eurozone steigt im Mai auf 3,2 Prozent

Höhere Ölpreise wegen des Iran-Kriegs führen zu einem Inflationsschub in der Eurozone. Im Mai stiegen die Verbraucherpreise im Jahresvergleich um 3,2 Prozent. Eine Zinserhöhung wird so immer wahrscheinlicher.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/finanzen/inflation-eurozone-mai-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#Inflation #Verbraucherpreise #Eurozone #Mai