In March 2018, exports of goods recorded a -5.7% year-on-year nominal rate of change, contrary to the growth registered in the preceding month (+5.8%). Imports of goods increased by 0.1%, corresponding to a deceleration vis-à-vis the +8.1% rate of change recorded in February 2018. These evolutions partly reflect a calendar effect given that there were […]
The unemployment rate for the 1st quarter of 2018 was 7.9%. This value is down 0.2 percentage points (p.p.) from the previous quarter and 2.2 p.p. from the same quarter of 2017. The unemployed population, estimated at 410.1 thousand people, decreased by 2.8% (11.9 thousand fewer people) from the previous quarter, extending the quarterly decreases […]
The annual change rate of the Construction cost index for new housing was 1.5% in March, the same as in February. The price index measuring the cost of regular maintenance and repair of housing increased 2.3% in relation to the same period of the last year, 0.7 p.p. above the previous month.
According to the EU-SILC (EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions) survey definitive data, there were 9.3% persons living in a condition of insufficient living space and 4.0% living in a condition of severe housing deprivation in 2017, respectively 1 pp less and 0.9 pp less than in the previous year. The evolution of the […]
Growth rates for the EU and the euro area beat expectations in 2017 to reach a 10-year high at 2.4%. Growth is set to remain strong in 2018 and ease only slightly in 2019, with growth of 2.3% and 2.0% respectively in both the EU and the euro area.
The euro area (EA19) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 8.5% in March 2018, stable compared with February 2018 and down from 9.4% in March 2017. This is the lowest rate recorded in the euro area since December 2008. The EU28 unemployment rate was 7.1% in March 2018, stable compared with February 2018 and down from 7.9% […]