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U.S. 10-year TIPS breakeven rate rises after auction NEW YORK, March 19 Thu Mar 19, 2015 3:05pm EDT (Reuters) - The U.S. bond market's gauge of inflation expectations in the next 10 years climbed to its strongest level in more than a week on Thursday following robust demand at $13 billion auction of 10-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS). http://ow.ly/KDOCF The U.S. market is sending a worrisome signal on inflation By Ben Eisen, Sept 25, 2014 NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Investors are downgrading their expectations for inflation over the next half decade, sending a concerning signal about the pace of the U.S. economic recovery. Market-implied inflation forecasts took a nose-dive after Federal Reserve policy members suggested a more aggressive timeline for hiking key short-term interest rates last Wednesday. Treasuries Trade in Narrowest Range Since 2007 on Ukraine By Daniel Kruger  Mar 1, 2014 6:00 AM GMT+0100 The difference in y...

Enterprises, Employment and Gross Value Added of SMEs in the EU-27, 2012 Growth prospects for SMEs are encouraging European Commission Vice President Antonio Tajani, responsible for industry and entrepreneurship said:  “Our initiatives to help SME's to make it through difficult times have paid off. After five years of sluggish development I am glad to see that SMEs are about to grow again. They are also starting to recruit more staff. Moreover, our indicators make it clear, that SMEs can grow further in 2014. SMEs are the lifeblood of our economy as they are now dragging us out of the most severe crisis of EU economy in the past 50 years." http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/sme/facts-figures-analysis/performance-review/ Important role of SMEs in economy The 20,4 million European SMEs play an important role in the European economy. They are mostly micro-enterprises and employed approximately 86.8 million people in 2012. This represents 66.5% of all Euro...