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In March 2026, compared with February 2026, seasonally adjusted industrial production increased by 0.2% in the euro area and by 0.8% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In February 2026, industrial production grew by 0.2% in both th...
In the first quarter of 2026, 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 flash estimate published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In the fourth quarter of 2025, GDP had increased b...
In February 2026, compared with January 2026, 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 January 2026, services production grew by 1.0% in the euro area an...
In March 2026, compared with February 2026, the seasonally adjusted retail trade volume decreased by 0.1% in the euro area and increased by 0.3% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In February 2026, retail trade volume fell by 0.3% ...
In March 2026, compared with February 2026, industrial producer prices increased by 3.4% in the euro area and by 3.2% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In February 2026, industrial producer prices fell by 0.6% in the euro area and...
In March 2026, the euro area seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.2%, down from 6.3% in February 2026 as well as in March 2025. The EU unemployment rate was 6.0% in March 2026, stable compared with February 2026 and with March 2025. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistical ...
In the first quarter of 2026, seasonally adjusted GDP increased by 0.1% in both the euro area and 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 fourth quarter of 2025, GDP had incre...
Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 3.0% in April 2026, up from 2.6% in March according to a flash estimate from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
In the fourth quarter of 2025, household real consumption per capita increased by 0.5% in the euro area, after an increase of 0.4% in the previous quarter. In the same period, household real income per capita increased by 0.1%, after staying stable in the third quarter of 2025.
In the fourth quarter of 2025, the seasonally adjusted general government deficit to GDP ratio stood at 3.0% in the euro area (EA20) and at 3.2% in the EU. The euro area deficit to GDP ratio decreased slightly compared to 3.1% in the third quarter of 2025, while the EU deficit to GDP ratio increa...
At the end of the fourth quarter of 2025, the general government gross debt to GDP ratio in the euro area (EA20) stood at 87.8%, a decrease compared with 88.4% at the end of the third quarter of 2025. In the EU, the ratio also decreased from 82.0% to 81.7%.
