by Edward Hugh: BarcelonaEconomic confidence across the eurozone has now started eroding steadily, with increasing signs that the growth slowdown is hitting the region's manufacturing output and labour market, according to a number of indicators we have b...

by Edward Hugh: BarcelonaUkrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said last week that he had agreed to let Libya grow wheat on 100,000 hectares of land in the Ukraine. In exchange, Libya promised to include the former Soviet republic in construction and gas ...

by Claus Vistesen: CopenhagenThis post is something of a departure from our normal practice here at Global Economy Matters, since most of the posts on this blog deal with the explicitly economic aspects of global demographic changes, while we normally pos...