Economy and finance
In September 2025, compared with August 2025, seasonally adjusted services production remained stable in both the euro area and the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In August 2025, services production fell by 0.1% in the euro area and b...
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In the third quarter of 2025, seasonally adjusted GDP increased by 0.3% in the euro area and by 0.4% in the EU, compared with the previous quarter, according to an estimate published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In the second quarter of 2025, GDP had increased by 0.1...
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In October 2025, compared with September 2025, the seasonally adjusted retail trade volume remained stable in both the euro area and the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In September 2025, retail trade volume grew by 0.1% in the euro ar...
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In October 2025, compared with September 2025, industrial producer prices increased by 0.1% in both the euro area and the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In September 2025, industrial producer prices fell by 0.1% in both the euro area ...
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In October 2025, the euro area seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.4%, stable compared with September 2025 and up from 6.3% in October 2024. The EU unemployment rate was 6.0% in October 2025, also stable compared with September 2025 and up from 5.8% in October 2024. These figures are publ...
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As of 4 February 2026, several methodological changes will take effect in the HICP. The index will be compiled according to the new European Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose version 2, aligned with the UN COICOP 2018 classification. Games of chance will be included in...
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In September 2025, compared with August 2025, seasonally adjusted production in construction decreased by 0.5% in the euro area and remained stable in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In August 2025, production in construction fell ...
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The euro area annual inflation rate was 2.1% in October 2025, down from 2.2% in September. A year earlier, the rate was 2.0%. European Union annual inflation was 2.5% in October 2025, down from 2.6% in September. A year earlier, the rate was 2.3%. These figures are published by Eurostat, the stat...
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €19.4 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in September 2025, compared with + €12.9 bn in September 2024.
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In the third quarter of 2025, seasonally adjusted GDP increased by 0.2% in the euro area and by 0.3% 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 second quarter of 2025, GDP had increased b...
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In September 2025, compared with August 2025, seasonally adjusted industrial production increased by 0.2% in the euro area and by 0.8% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In August 2025, industrial production fell by 1.1% in the eur...
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In 2024, non-financial corporations (businesses whose main economic activity is non-financial) in the EU had a profit share of 40.1%, down by 1.6 percentage points from the previous year. Profit share is the proportion of the value added by a business that remunerates capital (gross operating sur...
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Between 2004 and 2024, household real income per capita in the EU grew by 22%.
Income per capita grew steadily between 2004 and 2008, stagnated between 2008 and 2011 due to the global financial crisis and declined in 2012 and 2013. Since then, income resumed the steady growth until the year 2020...
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In 2024, household final consumption expenditure in the EU, corrected for inflation, grew by 1.5% compared with 2023. This increase was stronger than in 2023, when growth stood at 0.4%.
Among the main categories, household spending on information and communication increased the most (+5.7%), fol...
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In 2024, the average annual full-time adjusted salary for employees in the EU was €39 800, reflecting a 5.2% increase from €37 800 in 2023.
Among the EU countries, the highest average annual full-time adjusted salary was recorded in Luxembourg (€83 000), followed by Denmark (€71 600) and Ireland...
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Net foreign direct investment (FDI) stocks held in non-EU countries by investors resident in the EU amounted to €9 309 billion in 2024, reflecting a 1.5% increase from 2023 (€9 168 billion).
A different trend was seen in investment stocks held by non-EU residents in the EU, which decreased to €...
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The overall tax-to-GDP ratio, meaning the sum of taxes and net social contributions as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP), stood at 40.4% in the EU in 2024, an increase from 39.9% in 2023. In the euro area, the tax-to-GDP ratio also increased from 40.5% in 2023 to 40.9% in 2024.
In abs...
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In 2023, domestic production accounted for €33 715 billion (91.5% of the total supply of goods and services in the EU), while imports contributed €3 147 billion (8.5%). This was an increase in domestic production of €1 259 billion (from €32 455 billion, 90.3% of total supply) compared with 2022, ...
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The general government financial accounts cover transactions in financial assets and liabilities as well as the stock of financial assets and liabilities. The difference between the stock of financial assets and the stock of liabilities is called net financial worth.
At the end of the second qua...
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In connection with the news releases for the Excessive deficit procedure (EDP) and the Government finance statistics (GFS) published today, a series of related documents have been updated:
Note on the stock of liabilities in trade credits and advances;
Stock-flow adjustment note explaining th...
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In the second quarter of 2025, house prices in the EU rose by 5.4% while rents increased by 3.2%, compared with the same quarter of 2024.
Relative to the first quarter of 2025, house prices increased by 1.6% and rents by 0.7%.
This information comes from data on house prices and rents publishe...
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In August 2025, the price of package holidays in the EU increased by 2.5% compared with August 2024. The price of domestic holidays recorded a higher increase (+6.8%) than the international holiday packages (+1.6%).
The prices of package holidays have increased at a more moderate pace since May ...
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