Chart in Focus

Macroeconomics, Sectors and resources

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Hannah Levinger

China has yet again set new records in 2014. It became the largest economy by purchasing power parity and the number one recipient of FDI inflows – thanks mostly to slowing foreign investment to the US. For the EU, China became the second most important export market with a share of 9.7%, trailing only the US (18.3%). [more]

March 3, 2015

Automotive industry fuelling Germany's export engine

Macroeconomics, Sectors and resources

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Eric Heymann

Germany broke its export record again in 2014. The total value of goods exports rose by 3.7% to over EUR 1.1 trillion. Out of the major sectors the automotive industry reported the highest export growth in 2014 (+6.5%), followed by pharmaceuticals (+6%) and electrical engineering (+3.6%). [more]

June 11, 2013

Corporate funding in Europe: Bonds replacing loans?

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Banking and financial markets, Economic and european policy

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Since the height of the financial crisis at the end of 2008, the use of different debt finance instruments by companies in the euro area has been diverging remarkably: whereas the outstanding volume of traditional bank loans has fallen by about EUR 360 bn on aggregate (-7.4%), net issuance of corporate bonds (i.e. long-term debt securities) has amounted to almost exactly the same cumulative (but positive) figure over the same period of time (a rise by 63%). [more]

March 22, 2013

Bank deposits in Germany: Foreign banks advance, savings banks retreat

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Germany

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Jan Schildbach, Karstens Felix

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Over the past ten years banks in Germany attracted over EUR 900 bn in new deposits from German households and businesses. This increased the market volume by nearly 50% vis-à-vis 2002. Today, public-sector banks hold 37% of total deposits, commercial banks one-third and cooperative banks roughly 20%. [more]

April 5, 2012

European banks: 2011 results reveal strategic challenges

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Banking and financial markets, Economic and european policy

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For the first time in at least a decade, all major revenue components at the 20 largest European banks declined simultaneously. Apart from trading income (-24%), the decrease was modest (interest income -0.5%, fees & commissions -1%) yet the looming challenge for banks’ business models has finally become crystal clear: there is no obvious driver for future growth. [more]

February 16, 2010

Syndicated loans: Hit by the financial crisis and recession

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International

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Last year, banks provided new syndicated loans of a gross global total of USD 1.6 tr, a drop by 41% yoy, following a similar decline in 2008 already. New lending thus reached a 10-year low, despite having doubled between 2003 and 2007... [more]

July 24, 2009

Financial crisis accelerates shift of power in the global banking system

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International

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The global banking system has undergone a fundamental shift of power for years – away from traditionally dominating financial institutions from the US, Europe and Japan towards banks in the emerging markets. [more]

September 5, 2008

European banks' results in H1 2008: Back to the old days and old ways?

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Europe’s 25 largest banks reported weak results for the first half of the year which were, however, by and large in line with expectations. [more]

March 19, 2007

Gross value-added in the financial sector

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International

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