The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the Euro Area declined 0.2 percent to 111.9 (2004=100) in October, following a 0.1 percent increase in September and a 0.6 percent decrease in August.

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for Germany was unchanged in September at 107.5 (2004 = 100), following a 1.3 percent decline in August, and a 0.4 percent decline in July.

Delta-ee latest research forecasts that the value of the global micro-CHP market will reach €3.2 billion in 2019, up from €0.9 billion in 2014. Fuel cells are driving the growth of the global market.

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for France increased 0.3 percent in September to 118.4 (2004 = 100), following no change in August, and a 0.5 percent increase in July.

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for Spain increased 0.1 percent in September to 107.4 (2004 = 100), following a 0.2 percent decrease in August, and a 0.3 percent increase in July.

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.K. declined 0.4 percent in September to 112.1 (2004 = 100), following a 0.4 percent increase in August, and a 0.1 percent increase in July.

NetSuite Study Reveals UK Businesses Need to Respond Faster to New Disruptive Competitors, Digitalisation, New Business Models and Productisation/Servitisation to Remain Viable

Western European printer and multifunction (MFP) markets continued to show strong growth as 3Q14 showed increases of 2.0% when compared to the same period a year ago, according to data released by International Data Corporation (IDC). This gave a 3Q14 market figure of 5.87 million units and represents actual unit growth of over 118,000 units. But there are strong pressures on prices and the value of hardware shipping continued to contract.

Growth of at least ten percent in 2014

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the Euro Area remained unchanged at 111.7 (2004=100) in September, following a 0.6 percent decrease in August and a 0.3 percent increase in July.

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for Spain declined 0.2 percent in August to 107.4 (2004 = 100), following a 0.4 percent increase in July, and a 0.5 percent increase in June.

The European Commission has found a series of reductions and exemptions from a Danish tax on non-nominative advertising material delivered to households, to be in line with EU state aid rules. The Commission found that while some of these measures contain state aid, it is compatible with EU rules as it furthers EU environmental and cultural goals without unduly distorting competition in the Single Market.