The position of the sovereign rating of Greece was raised by the international rating agency Standard & Poor's from "B-" to "B". In addition, S & P analysts predict this rating as a "stable". This is reported by the correspondents of "Finmarket".
The OECD experts have reduced the forecast on growth of the major developed economies on the background of increased geopolitical risks and subdued inflation in Europe.
The volume of trade surplus of the Euro zone countries increased by the end of July this year compared to July 2013, and it pointed to the positive impact on the regional economy in the current quarter and the growth of export volume acceleration exceeding imports.
Great Britain's negative index of foreign trade balance, which includes the value of goods and services increased by 36.1% to the level of $ 3 billion 348 million pounds by the end of July this year. Such statistical data were published by the British National Statistics Department.
Spain managed to sell bonds with 50-year maturityfor the first time in the history;they became a kind of lure for investors, despite the fact that last week's rate of return on 10-year bonds fell to the record low.