Economy and finance
Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 2.0% in July 2025, stable compared to June according to a flash estimate from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
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In June 2025, the euro area seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.2%, stable compared with May 2025 and down from 6.4% in June 2024. The EU unemployment rate was 5.9% in June 2025, also stable compared with May 2025 and down from 6.0% in June 2024. These figures are published by Eurostat, t...
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In the second quarter of 2025, seasonally adjusted GDP increased by 0.1% in the euro area and by 0.2% 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 2025, GDP had...
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In the first quarter of 2025, household real consumption per capita decreased by 0.2% in the euro area, after an increase of 0.4% in the previous quarter. In the same period, household real income per capita decreased by 0.1%, after an increase of 0.2% in the fourth quarter of 2024.
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In the first quarter of 2025, the seasonally adjusted general government deficit to GDP ratio stood at 2.9% in the euro area (EA20) and in the EU. In the first quarter of 2025, the euro area and EU deficit to GDP ratios decreased compared to the fourth quarter of 2024.
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At the end of the first quarter of 2025, the general government gross debt to GDP ratio in the euro area (EA20) stood at 88.0%, compared with 87.4% at the end of the fourth quarter of 2024. In the EU, the ratio also increased from 81.0% to 81.8%.
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In May 2025, compared with April 2025, seasonally adjusted production in construction decreased by 1.7% 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 April 2025, production in construction grew by 4.3% in the e...
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The euro area annual inflation rate was 2.0% in June 2025, up from 1.9% in May. A year earlier, the rate was 2.5%. European Union annual inflation was 2.3% in June 2025, up from 2.2% in May. A year earlier, the rate was 2.6%. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the ...
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The first estimates of euro area balance showed a €16.2 bn surplus in trade in goods with the rest of the world in May 2025, compared with + €12.7 bn in May 2024.
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In May 2025, compared with April 2025, seasonally adjusted industrial production increased by 1.7% in the euro area and by 1.5% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In April 2025, industrial production fell by 2.2% in the euro area a...
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In April 2025, compared with March 2025, seasonally adjusted services production decreased by 0.3% in both the euro area and the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In March 2025, services production grew by 0.8% in the euro area and by 0....
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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 first quar...
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In 2023, the EU automotive industry generated €91.6 billion in domestic value added from non-EU consumers, marking a nominal increase of 74% compared with 2010 (€52.7 billion) and a 7% rise from 2022 (€85.4 billion).
The United States was the largest consumer of EU automotive products, accountin...
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In the first quarter of 2025, house prices in the EU rose by 5.7%, while rents increased by 3.2% compared with the same quarter of 2024.
Compared with the fourth quarter of 2024, house prices increased by 1.4% and rents by 0.9%.
This information comes from data on house prices and rents publis...
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In 2024, the number of housing transactions increased in 13 out of the 17 EU countries for which data are available, compared with 2023. This marked the first time since 2021 that the majority of reporting countries reported growth in annual sales.
The biggest increases in the number of transac...
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In May 2025, the average price of transport services (services related to the transportation of individuals in various forms, including by railway, road, air, sea and inland waterways) in the EU was 1.7% higher than in May 2024. The prices of passenger transport by railway and road were up by 4....
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Today, Eurostat is publishing for the first time detailed supply, use, and input-output tables for 88 products and industries. These tables will benefit users by giving them greater insights into the structure of EU countries’ economies. They enable a more granular analysis of critical products a...
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In 2024, price levels for household final consumption expenditure differed widely across the EU.
The highest price levels for household consumption were recorded in Denmark (143% of the EU average), Ireland (138%) and Luxembourg (133%). Meanwhile, the lowest levels were registered in Bulgaria (6...
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In 2024, actual individual consumption (AIC) per capita expressed in purchasing power standard (PPS) varied from 72% to 141% of the EU average across the 27 EU countries.
This information comes from recently published data on purchasing power parities (PPPs). This article presents some of the fi...
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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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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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Long term government bond yields are calculated as monthly averages (non seasonally adjusted data). They refer to central government bond yields on the secondary market, gross of tax, with a residual maturity of around 10 years. The bond or the bonds of the basket have to be replaced regularly to...
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Harmonised Indices of Consumer Prices (HICP) are designed for international comparisons of consumer price inflation. HICPs are used for the assessment of the inflation convergence criterion as required under Article 121 of the Treaty of Amsterdam and by the ECB for assessing price stability for m...
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Harmonised Indices of Consumer Prices (HICP) are designed for international comparisons of consumer price inflation. HICPs are used for the assessment of the inflation convergence criterion as required under Article 121 of the Treaty of Amsterdam and by the ECB for assessing price stability for m...
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Harmonised Indices of Consumer Prices (HICP) are designed for international comparisons of consumer price inflation. HICPs are used for the assessment of the inflation convergence criterion as required under Article 121 of the Treaty of Amsterdam and by the ECB for assessing price stability for m...
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Harmonised Indices of Consumer Prices (HICP) are designed for international comparisons of consumer price inflation. HICPs are used for the assessment of the inflation convergence criterion as required under Article 121 of the Treaty of Amsterdam and by the ECB for assessing price stability for m...
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Harmonised Indices of Consumer Prices (HICP) are designed for international comparisons of consumer price inflation. HICPs are used for the assessment of the inflation convergence criterion as required under Article 121 of the Treaty of Amsterdam and by the ECB for assessing price stability for m...
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Harmonised Indices of Consumer Prices (HICP) are designed for international comparisons of consumer price inflation. HICPs are used for the assessment of the inflation convergence criterion as required under Article 121 of the Treaty of Amsterdam and by the ECB for assessing price stability for m...
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Harmonised Indices of Consumer Prices (HICP) are designed for international comparisons of consumer price inflation. HICPs are used for the assessment of the inflation convergence criterion as required under Article 121 of the Treaty of Amsterdam and by the ECB for assessing price stability for m...
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Harmonised Indices of Consumer Prices (HICP) are designed for international comparisons of consumer price inflation. HICPs are used for the assessment of the inflation convergence criterion as required under Article 121 of the Treaty of Amsterdam and by the ECB for assessing price stability for m...
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Harmonised Indices of Consumer Prices (HICP) are designed for international comparisons of consumer price inflation. HICPs are used for the assessment of the inflation convergence criterion as required under Article 121 of the Treaty of Amsterdam and by the ECB for assessing price stability for m...
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