Germany has seen the strongest decline in cost of capital among all 28 EU Member States over the past 15 years, from 7.7 per cent in 2000 to 6.5 per cent in 2014. In an EU-wide comparison of company taxation…
On 7 May, 2015, general elections will be held in the UK. The coalition government consisting of conservatives and liberal democrats must face the public vote. According to many observers, the outcome of these…
In April 2015 economic expectations for Central and Eastern Europe including Turkey (CEE region) remain roughly unchanged. In the current survey the ZEW-Erste Group Bank Economic Sentiment Indicator for the CEE…
German managers in China remain moderately optimistic about the economy in the second quarter of 2015. Senior executives' ratings of the macroeconomic situation in China have weakened since the previous…