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These are the minimum wages in European countries
February 13th, 2017
Monthly minimum wages below €500 in east and well above €1000 in northwest As of 1st January 2017, 22 out of the 28 Member States of the European Union (EU) have national minimum wages: only Denmark, Italy, Cyprus, Austria, ...
Volume of retail trade down by 0.3% in euro area
February 8th, 2017
eurostat has issued a press release to inform in relation with the volume of retail trade in euro area and in EU28 for December 2016. In December 2016 compared with November 2016, the seasonally adjusted volume of retail trade ...
Euro area reports up in household income per capita
January 30th, 2017
In the euro area, in real terms, household income per capita increased by 0.2% in the third quarter of 2016, after an increase of also 0.2% in the previous quarter. Household real consumption per capita increased by 0.3% in ...
House prices up by 3.4% in the euro area
January 21st, 2017
House prices, as measured by the House Price Index, rose by 3.4% in the euro area and by 4.3% in the EU in the third quarter of 2016 compared with the same quarter of the previous year. These figures ...
The highest and lowest unemployment rates in EU countries
January 12th, 2017
The euro area (EA19) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 9.8% in November 2016, stable compared to October 2016 and down from 10.5% in November 2015. This is the lowest rate recorded in the euro area since July 2009. The EU28 ...
28.7% of EU GDP spent on social protection
December 28th, 2016
Since 2011, social protection expenditure in the European Union (EU) has increased slightly, from 28.3% of GDP in 2011 to 28.7% in 2014, according to data from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In 2014, the two ...
The Plague of Long-Term Unemployment in Europe
December 1st, 2016
The Plague of Long-Term Unemployment in Europe There’s plenty of legitimate reason for concern about the extent to which the US labor market is producing high quality jobs. But every now and again, Americans might want to glance to ...
The evolution of electricity prices within the European Union; The countries with the highest and lowest electricity prices
November 21st, 2016
Eurostat has published stats regarding the evolution of electricity prices both for industrial and household consumers within the European Union (EU), but includes also price data from Norway, Liechtenstein, Iceland, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, ...
GDP in European Union rose by 0.4%
October 31st, 2016
Preliminary flash estimate for the third quarter of 2016 GDP up by 0.3% in the euro area and by 0.4% in the EU28 +1.6% and +1.8% respectively compared with the third quarter of 2015 Seasonally adjusted GDP rose by ...
Euro area unemployment at 10.1%
September 8th, 2016
Eurostat has issued a publication to inform regarding the unemployment rate in Euro area for July. The euro area (EA19) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 10.1% in July 2016, stable compared to June 2016 and down from 10.8% in July 2015. ...
