Traduction de «Augmentation de l'écart entre taux courts et taux longs » (Français → Anglais) :

3. Notes that widening sovereign interest rate spreads have significantly reduced the room for manoeuvre as regards fiscal policy in a number of Member States; notes, also, that the monetary policy approach taken by the European Central Bank (ECB) has helped to reduce sovereign interest rate spreads; notes that the ECB, through forward guidance, will maintain this policy in the short and medium term, and will thereby contribute to stronger growth;

6. Notes with concern that women’s employment rates in the Western Balkan countries remain very low; points out that supporting equal opportunities policies is important for the economic and social development of the Balkan accession countries; calls on the governments to introduce measures in order to reduce the gender pay gap and, consequently, the gender pension gap and to tackle high unemployment rates, focusing in particular on women, especially those in rural areas; invites the governments of the countries in the Balkans to establish a legal framework for equal pay for equal work for both sexes, to assist women in reconciling pr ...[+++]ivate and professional life, to secure better working conditions, lifelong learning, flexible work schedules and in addition to create an environment which stimulates female entrepreneurship;

39. Notes that several delays have been reported in the start-up phase of the current programming period and states its concern for the low take-up rate of all EU structural funds in the past years leading to an increasing gap between commitment and payment appropriations under this Heading; calls on the Commission to work closely especially with those Member States with a low take up rate during the previous programming period, in order to improve this situation;

39. Notes that several delays have been reported in the start-up phase of the current programming period and states its concern for the low take-up rate of all EU structural funds in the past years leading to an increasing gap between commitment and payment appropriations under this Heading; calls on the Commission to work closely especially with those Member States with a low take up rate during the previous programming period, in order to improve this situation;

39. Notes that several delays have been reported in the start-up phase of the current programming period and states its concern for the low take-up rate of all EU structural funds in the past years leading to an increasing gap between commitment and payment appropriations under this Heading; calls on the Commission to work closely especially with those Member States with a low take up rate during the previous programming period, in order to improve this situation;

Interest rate risk (64) is the risk that short-term interest rates may increase during the lifetime of the long-term investments, while long-term interest rates are locked in; or, to take an equivalent market-value perspective, that the market value of equity drops while the yield curve shifts up, given that the value of the assets will fall further than the liabilities if the liabilities have a shorter effective lifetime.