Economy and finance
In November 2024, compared with October 2024, seasonally adjusted services production increased by 0.3% in both the euro area and the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. Also in October 2024, services production rose by 0.3% in both the eu...
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In December 2024, compared with November 2024, the seasonally adjusted retail trade volume decreased by 0.2% in the euro area and by 0.3% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In November 2024, retail trade volume remained unchanged i...
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In December 2024, compared with November 2024, industrial producer prices increased by 0.4% in both the euro area and the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In November 2024, industrial producer prices grew by 1.7% in both the euro area a...
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Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 2.5% in January 2025, up from 2.4% in December 2024 according to a flash estimate from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
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In December 2024, the euro area seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 6.3%, up from 6.2% in November 2024 and down from 6.5% in December 2023. The EU unemployment rate was 5.9% in December 2024, up from 5.8% in November 2024 and down from 6.0% in December 2023. These figures are published by ...
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In the fourth quarter of 2024, seasonally adjusted GDP remained stable in the euro area and increased by 0.1% 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 third quarter of 2024,...
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In the third quarter of 2024, household real consumption per capita increased by 0.8% in the euro area, after an increase of 0.1% in the previous quarter. Household real income per capita increased in the third quarter of 2024 by 0.4%, after an increase of 0.3% in the second quarter of 2024.
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In the third quarter of 2024, the seasonally adjusted general government deficit to GDP ratio stood at 2.6% in the euro area (EA20) and 2.9% in the EU. In the third quarter of 2024, the euro area and EU deficit to GDP ratio decreased compared to the second quarter of 2024.
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At the end of the third quarter of 2024, the general government gross debt to GDP ratio in the euro area (EA20) stood at 88.2% and remained unchanged compared to the end of the second quarter of 2024. In the EU, the ratio also remained unchanged and stood at 81.6%.
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In November 2024, compared with October 2024, seasonally adjusted production in construction increased by 1.2% in the euro area and by 1.3% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In October 2024, production in construction grew by 0.8%...
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The euro area annual inflation rate was 2.4% in December 2024, up from 2.2% in November. A year earlier, the rate was 2.9%. European Union annual inflation was 2.7% in December 2024, up from 2.5% in November. A year earlier, the rate was 3.4%. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statisti...
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In 2023, personal transfers outflows from the EU (money sent by EU resident households to non-resident households) reached a record level of €50.9 billion, an 8% increase compared with 2022 (€47.0 billion).
The largest share of these outflows went to Asia (excluding the Near and Middle East), a...
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The most common form of contingent liabilities in the EU countries is government guarantees on liabilities, and occasionally on assets of third parties. In 2020 and 2021, government guarantees, provided in the EU, increased substantially following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, the ...
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In 2022, EU exports of spacecraft and space transport services totalled €1 340 million after experiencing a 36% drop compared with 2021 (€2 108 million). In 2022, 84% of all exports, or €1 129 million, went to countries outside the EU.
The EU exports peaked in 2012, at €3 273 million, and declin...
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The general government financial accounts published by Eurostat cover transactions in financial assets and liabilities as well as the stock of financial assets and liabilities.
‘Other accounts receivable’ are assets representing the timing difference between the recording of most transactions i...
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On 16 and 17 January 2025, the high-level ‘Closing data gaps on climate change’ conference of the European Statistical Forum (ESF) was held in Brussels. At the event, the European Statistical System and the European System of Central Banks discussed ways to enrich their statistics related to clim...
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Today, Eurostat released the European Statistical Monitor, a dashboard with short-term 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, as well ...
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In the third quarter of 2024, house prices in the EU went up by 3.8%, while rents increased by 3.2% compared with the third quarter of 2023.
Compared with the second quarter of 2024, house prices increased by 1.4% and rents by 0.9%.
This information comes from data on house prices and rents pu...
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In 2022, the production of spacecraft and their launch vehicles in the EU totalled €5 600 million. This represented a 24% increase from €4 500 million in 2010.
The EU production peaked in 2016, with €6 240 million, and remained high until 2019 (€6 000 million each year between 2017 and 2019), dr...
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Eurostat published today the indicators of the macroeconomic imbalance procedure (MIP) scoreboard.
The MIP scoreboard consists of 13 indicators relevant for the early detection of existing or emerging macroeconomic imbalances at EU member level. It provides statistical support to the annual aler...
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Today, Eurostat released the European Statistical Monitor, a dashboard with short-term 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, as well ...
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In 2023, the levels of actual individual consumption (AIC) across EU countries varied between 70% and 136% of the EU average.
This information comes from data on purchasing power parities (PPP) published by Eurostat today. The article presents some of the findings from the more detailed Statist...
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The private sector debt is the stock of liabilities held by the sectors Non-Financial corporations, Households and Non-Profit institutions serving households (S.11_S.14_S.15). The instruments that are taken into account to compile private sector debt are Debt securities (F.3) and Loans (F.4). Dat...
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