Regional Briefing - Europe - September 2020
(WorldNews Italy)

State of the region: Europe Economy GDP growth, selected economies % change on a year ago 2019 Q4 2019 Q1 2020 Q2 2020 Germany 0.6 0.4 -2.2 -11.3 Russia 1.3 2.1 1.6 -8.0 France 1.5 0.8 -5.7 -18.9 UK 1.5 1.1 -1.7 -21.7 Italy 0.3 0.1 -5.6 -17.7 Spain 2.0 1.8 -4.1 -22.1 Turkey 0.9 6.0 4.9 -9.2 Israel 3.3 3.7 0.5 -7.9 Euro zone 1.3 1.0 -3.2 -14.7 Eastern Europe 2.8 2.7 1.3 -9.3 World* 2.5 2.4 -1.7 -9.3 Source: Datastream * Market exchange rate basis Exchange rates end of period, # per US$ 2019 Jun-20 Jul-20 Aug-20 US$ broad index 114.7 120.9 117.6 116.1 European euro (EUR) 0.89 0.89 0.85 0.85 Russian ruble (RUB) 62.1 71.3 74.2 74.1 British pound (GBP) 0.75 0.81 0.76 0.75 Turkish lira (TRY) 5.95...