The euro zone manufacturing sector moved a step closer to stabilization at the end of the second quarter, with rates of contraction in output and new orders continuing to ease. Markit's Eurozone Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) ...
World GDP growth stabilized during the first quarter of 2013 at a moderate rate. In particular, in the advanced economies the situation improved with financial stress being further reduced and stock prices rising. The acceleration of ...
Tags: GDP growth, financial stress, Euro Area, emerging economies
The Eurozone manufacturing downturn eased for the first time in four months in May. Moreover, all sub indices from the latest survey improved on the earlier flash estimates except suppliers’ delivery times. At a 15-month high of ...
Tags: Manufacturing, May, Eurozone
The global economy is moving forward, but divergence between countries and regions reflects the uneven progress made toward recovery from the economic crisis, according to the OECD's latest Economic Outlook. The OECD indicated that ...
GDP fell by 0.2% in the euro area (EA17) and by 0.1% in the EU27 during the first quarter of 2013, compared with the previous quarter, according to flash estimates published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In the ...
Tags: Flash Estimate, GDP
According to first estimates released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in March this year the seasonally-adjusted production of the construction sector in the European Union member states (EU-27) decreased ...
Tags: EU-27 Construction, Mineral
Annual inflation in the euro area was 1.2 percent in April this year, down from 1.7 percent in March, according to a report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. In April 2012, the annual inflation rate ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
According? to the flash estimates released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, during the first quarter of the current year gross domestic product (GDP) decreased by 0.2 percent in the euro area and by 0.1 percent in ...
In March this year, the unemployment rate of the 34 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries decreased to eight percent, compared to the 8.1 percent recorded in the previous month, according to new ...
Tags: Unemployment Rate, OECD
In March this year, seasonally-adjusted industrial production increased by one percent in the euro area and by 0.9 percent in the EU-27, as compared with February, when production had increased by 0.3 percent month on month in both zones. ...
Tags: Industrial Output, Mineral
According to Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in March this year industrial producer prices decreased by 0.2 percent in the euro area and in the European Union (EU-27) month on month. Compared to March last ...
Tags: Mineral, Industrial Producer
The downturn in the euro zone manufacturing sector deepened at the start of the second quarter of the year. Markit's Eurozone Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) was at 46.7 points in April, down slightly from 46.8 in March but ...
Tags: Euro Zone PMI, Mineral
In the fourth quarter of 2012, the business investment rate was 19.7% in the euro area, compared with 20.0% in the third quarter of 2012. This fall was the result of investment decreasing (-1.7%) at a higher pace than gross value added ...
Tags: business investment, Euro Area
The overall tax-to-GDP ratio, meaning the sum of taxes and social contributions in % of GDP, in the EU27 stood at 38.8% in 2011, from 38.3% in 2010 and 38.4% in 2009. The overall tax ratio in the euro area (EA17) increased to 39.5% in 2011, ...
Tags: European Union, Tax-to-GDP
On April 30, Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, reported that in March this year the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the European Union member states (EU-27) was 10.9 percent, unchanged from February. The ...
Tags: Mineral, EU-27 Unemployment