Das Direktorium der Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB) hat Eva Murcia Sánchez zur Generaldirektorin Personal ernannt. Die Generaldirektion Personal agiert als strategischer Partner der Geschäftsbereiche und Dienste der EZB.

The advantages or disadvantages firms experience as a result of their size, referred to in the economic literature as returns to scale, are of central importance in many economic models. Increasing returns to scale, whereby unit costs decrease as output volume increases, could explain productivity differences between Europe and the United States. We present fresh evidence on the returns to scale of European firms: most exhibit constant returns to scale, but a non-trivial share also show increasing returns to scale.

Die Leistungsbilanz wies im November 2021 einen Überschuss von 24 Mrd € aus, verglichen mit 19 Mrd € im Vormonat.