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In June 2026, compared with May 2026, seasonally adjusted production in construction decreased by 1.3% in the euro area and by 1.0% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In May 2026, production in construction grew by 0.2% in the euro...
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The euro area annual inflation rate was 2.9% in July 2026, up from 2.8% in June. A year earlier, the rate was 2.0%. European Union annual inflation was 3.0% in July 2026, up from 2.9% in June. A year earlier, the rate was 2.4%. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistical office of th...
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €8.6 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in June 2026, compared with + €4.8 bn in June 2025.
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In the second quarter of 2026, seasonally adjusted GDP increased by 0.4% in the euro area and by 0.5% in the EU, compared with the previous quarter, according to a flash estimate published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In the first quarter of 2026, GDP had remained st...
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In June 2026, compared with May 2026, seasonally adjusted industrial production remained stable in the euro area and increased by 0.2% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In May 2026, industrial production grew by 0.3% in both the e...
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In May 2026, compared with April 2026, seasonally adjusted services production increased by 0.8% in both the euro area and the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In April 2026, services production grew by 0.7% in the euro area and by 0.3%...
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In June 2026, compared with May 2026, the seasonally adjusted retail trade volume decreased by 0.3% in the euro area and by 0.1% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In May 2026, retail trade volume grew by 0.4% in the euro area and ...
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In June 2026, compared with May 2026, industrial producer prices decreased by 0.3% in the euro area and by 0.2% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In May 2026, industrial producer prices grew by 0.2% in both the euro area and the EU.
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Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 2.9% in July 2026, up from 2.8% in June according to a flash estimate from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
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Euro area unemployment at 6.3%

Jul 30, 2026
Eurostat
In June 2026, the euro area seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.3%, stable compared with May 2026 as well as with June 2025. The EU unemployment rate was 6.0% in June 2026, also stable compared with May 2026 as well as with June 2025. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistic...
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In the second quarter of 2026, seasonally adjusted GDP increased by 0.4% in the euro area and by 0.5% in the EU, compared with the previous quarter, according to a preliminary flash estimate published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In the first quarter of 2026, GDP had...
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The EU’s gross domestic product (GDP) was valued at €18.8 trillion in 2025.  Germany had the largest economy among EU countries (€4.5 trillion, or 23.8% of the EU total), followed by France (15.8%) and Italy (12.0%).  At the other end of the range, Malta (0.1%) had the smallest economy in EU, beh...
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The average price of air transport services, including plane tickets, in the EU has fluctuated significantly since January 2025. This volatility reflects travel demand, seasonality and recent geopolitical events.  Between January 2025 and June 2026, the highest increase in air transport services ...
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In June 2026, the price of fuels and lubricants for personal transport in the EU increased by 13.7% compared with June 2025. This followed a 20.8% rise in April 2026 and a 20.7% rise in May, compared with the same months in 2025.  In all EU countries, fuels and lubricants prices kept rising in Ju...
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In the first quarter of 2026, the stock of EU general governments’ currency and deposit assets amounted to €1 266 billion or 6.7% of GDP and represented 16.5% of the stock of EU general government total financial assets. Governments hold currency and deposit assets (stocks) such as money in bank ...
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In 2024, 31.6 million people were employed in the EU due to the final use of goods and services by non-EU economies, representing 14.4% of total EU employment. This marks a substantial increase since 2010, when 22.6 million people were employed for this purpose, accounting for 11.5% of total empl...
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Today, Eurostat released the European Statistical Monitor, a dashboard with monthly and quarterly indicators covering different areas, such as economy, environment, business, health and work. This monthly updated dashboard is designed to track developments within the EU as a whole and its members...
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In 2025, house sales in the EU increased in most countries for which data are available, compared with 2024. The number of transacted dwellings decreased in 3 out of the 18 EU countries covered by the available data. Decreases were observed in Croatia (-4.1%), Bulgaria (-2.5%) and Poland (-1.1%)....
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In the first quarter of 2026, house prices in the EU rose by 5.1%, while rents increased by 3.0% compared with the first quarter of 2025. Compared with the fourth quarter of 2025, house prices increased by 1.2% and rents by 0.7%.  Between 2025 and the first quarter of 2026, house prices in the EU...
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Evolution of fuel prices in May 2026

Jun 22, 2026
Eurostat
In May 2026, the price of fuels and lubricants for personal transport in the EU increased by 20.7% compared with May 2025, following a 12.9% rise in March 2026 and 20.8% in April, compared with the same months in 2025. Up to February 2026, these prices were generally decreasing for both the EU av...
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In 2025, price levels for household final consumption expenditure differed widely across EU countries, ranging from 140% to 63% of the EU average. The highest price levels for household consumption were recorded in Denmark (140% of the EU average), Ireland (136%) and Luxembourg (132%). Meanwhile,...
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In 2025, actual individual consumption (AIC) per capita expressed in purchasing power standard (PPS) varied from 73% to 145% of the EU average across the 27 EU countries.  This information comes from recently published data on purchasing power parities (PPPs). This article presents a handful of t...
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Euro yield curves - daily data

Aug 20, 2026
Eurostat


The labour productivity is the ratio of gross domestic product at current price (nominal) to total hours worked by employees and self-employed (domestic concept). The GDP per hour worked gives an indication of how much economic production activity can be attributed to each hour worked in the e...
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Employees correspond to the ILO definition of 'paid employment'. The relationship of employer to employee exists when there is a contract, which may be formal or informal, between an enterprise and a person, entered into voluntarily by both parties, whereby the person works for the enterpr...
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Persons in employment are those who, during the reference week, did any work for pay or profit, or were not working but had a job from which they were temporarily absent. Anyone who receives a wage for on-the-job training that involves the production of goods or services is also considered as bei...
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The nominal unit labour cost (NULC) index is defined as the ratio of labour cost to labour productivity, where labour cost is the ratio of compensation of employees (current prices) to hours worked by employees, and labour productivity is the ratio of gross domestic product (at market prices i...
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Employment consists of both employees and self-employed, who are engaged in some productive activity that falls within the production boundary of the system (ESA 2010, 11.11). Employment covers employees and self-employed working for production units resident on the economic territory (i.e. the d...
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Employment consists of both employees and self-employed, who are engaged in some productive activity that falls within the production boundary of the system (ESA 2010, 11.11). Employment covers employees and self-employed working for production units resident on the economic territory (i.e. the d...
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Employment consists of both employees and self-employed, who are engaged in some productive activity that falls within the production boundary of the system (ESA 2010, 11.11). Employment covers employees and self-employed working for production units resident on the economic territory (i.e. the d...
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