Economy and finance
In April 2025, compared with March 2025, the seasonally adjusted retail trade volume increased by 0.1% in the euro area and by 0.7% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In March 2025, retail trade volume grew by 0.4% in the euro area...
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In the first quarter of 2025, seasonally adjusted GDP increased by 0.6% both in the euro area and in the EU, compared with the previous quarter, according to an estimate published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In the fourth quarter of 2024, GDP had grown by 0.3% in th...
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In April 2025, compared with March 2025, industrial producer prices decreased by 2.2% in the euro area and by 2.1% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In March 2025, industrial producer prices fell by 1.7% in the euro area and by 1....
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In April 2025, the euro area seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.2%, down from 6.3% in March 2025 and from 6.4% in April 2024. The EU unemployment rate was 5.9% in April 2025, stable compared with March 2025 and down from 6.0% in April 2024. These figures are published by Eurostat, the st...
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Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 1.9% in May 2025, down from 2.2% in April according to a flash estimate from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
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In March 2025, compared with February 2025, seasonally adjusted production in construction 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 February 2025, production in construction fell by 1.2% in the...
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The euro area annual inflation rate was 2.2% in April 2025, stable compared to March. A year earlier, the rate was 2.4%. European Union annual inflation was 2.4% in April 2025, down from 2.5% in March. A year earlier, the rate was 2.6%. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistical off...
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €36.8 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in March 2025, compared with +€22.8 bn in March 2024.
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In March 2025, compared with February 2025, seasonally adjusted industrial production increased by 2.6% in the euro area and by 1.9% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In February 2025, industrial production grew by 1.1% in both th...
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In the first quarter of 2025, seasonally adjusted GDP increased by 0.3% in both the euro area and the EU, compared with the previous quarter, according to a flash estimate published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In the fourth quarter of 2024, GDP had increased by 0.2%...
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In February 2025, compared with January 2025, seasonally adjusted services production decreased 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 January 2025, services production grew by 0.4% in the euro area an...
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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 March 2025, the price of eggs in the EU was on average 6.7% higher than in March 2024.
Among the EU countries, the highest increase in annual inflation for eggs was recorded in Czechia (+46.0% in March 2025 compared with March 2024), followed by Slovakia (+29.8%) and Hungary (+26.1%). Meanw...
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As of 1 January 2025, 22 out of 27 EU countries have national minimum wages, making Denmark, Italy, Austria, Finland and Sweden the exceptions.
In January 2025, 10 EU countries had minimum wages below €1 000 per month: Bulgaria (€551), Hungary (€707), Latvia (€740), Romania (€814), Slovakia (€8...
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In March 2025, the UN Statistical Commission endorsed the 2025 System of National Accounts (2025 SNA) and the 7th edition of the Balance of Payments Manual (BPM7) as the new global standards for compiling national accounts and balance of payments statistics.
Eurostat and the national statistic...
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In the fourth quarter of 2024, house prices in the EU rose by 4.9%, while rents increased by 3.2% compared with the fourth quarter of 2023.
Compared with the third quarter of 2024, house prices increased by 0.8% and rents by 0.6%.
This information comes from data on house prices and rents publ...
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In 2024, the gross domestic product (GDP) per capita expressed in purchasing power standards (PPS) ranged between 66% of the EU average in Bulgaria and 241% in Luxembourg.
This information comes from the preliminary estimates of purchasing power parities (PPPs) and GDP for 2024 published by Euro...
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In 2023, the EU countries’ general government expenditure on defence amounted to €227 billion, representing 2.7% of total general government expenditure. This is equivalent to 1.3% of GDP.
At EU level, the share of defence expenditure in total expenditure decreased from 3.0% in 1995 to 2.7% in 2...
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In 2023, real GDP increased in 154 EU regions compared with 2022, while decreases were registered in 85 regions.
The region with the largest growth in real GDP was Malta (a single region at this level of detail), with a 6.7% increase, followed by Severen Tsentralen in Bulgaria (+5.8%), Illes Ba...
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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 Euro-national currency exchange rate represents the equivalent of one euro expressed in national currency. For example, the euro-dollar exchange rate is the equivalent of one euro expressed in United States dollars. Monthly data are the average of the observed business day rates. Data are pre...
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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 econ...
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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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Gross fixed capital formation (GFCF, ESA 2010, 3.124) consists of resident producers' acquisitions, less disposals, of fixed assets during a given period plus certain additions to the value of non-produced assets realised by the productive activity of producer or institutional units. GFCF include...
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Gross fixed capital formation (GFCF, ESA 2010, 3.124) consists of resident producers' acquisitions, less disposals, of fixed assets during a given period plus certain additions to the value of non-produced assets realised by the productive activity of producer or institutional units. GFCF include...
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Final consumption expenditure consists of expenditure incurred by resident institutional units on goods or services that are used for the direct satisfaction of individual needs or wants or the collective needs of members of the community (ESA 2010 3.94). Data are calculated as chain-linked volum...
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