Download the full Europe Daily Briefing According to new reweighted data by the Office for National Statistics, the U.K.'s unemployment rate in the three months leading up to January edged higher to 3.9%, a 0.1-percentage point increase from the previous three-month period. The number of job vacancies in the three months to February fell to 908,000—a decline of 50,000 compared with the preceding stanza, but still historically high. As unemployment...
GDP | Reference | Last | Previous | Units | Frequency |
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Private Consumption | 2023 Q4 | 528.56 | 525.75 | Bil. EUR, CDASA | Quarterly |
Real Private Consumption | 2023 Q4 | 106.78 | 106.88 | Ch. Vol. Index 2015=100, NSA | Quarterly |
Real Government Consumption | 2023 Q4 | 121.26 | 116.81 | Ch. Vol. Index 2015=100, NSA | Quarterly |
Government Consumption | 2023 Q4 | 227.31 | 226.56 | Bil. EUR, CDASA | Quarterly |
Nominal Gross Domestic Product | 2023 Q4 | 1,053 | 1,032 | Bil. EUR, CDASA | Quarterly |
Investment | 2023 Q4 | 251.86 | 232.67 | Bil. EUR, CDASA | Quarterly |
Real Investment | 2023 Q4 | 122.06 | 107.34 | Ch. Vol. Index 2015=100, NSA | Quarterly |
Real Gross Domestic Product | 2023 Q4 | 107.68 | 107.99 | Ch. Vol. Index 2015=100, CDASA | Quarterly |
Nominal Fixed Investment (gross fixed capital formation) | 2008 | 489,610 | 470,440 | ******* | Annual |
Real Fixed Investment (gross fixed capital formation) | 2008 | 482,001 | 468,174 | ******* | Annual |
Price | Reference | Last | Previous | Units | Frequency |
Wholesale Price Index | Feb 2024 | 131.5 | 132 | Index 2015=100, CDASA | Monthly |
Consumer Price Index (CPI) | Feb 2024 | 118.2 | 118.2 | Index 2020=100, CDASA | Monthly |
Producer Price Index (PPI) | Dec 2023 | 144.8 | 146.4 | Index 2015=100, CDASA | Monthly |
Labor | Reference | Last | Previous | Units | Frequency |
Unemployment Rate | Feb 2024 | 5.9 | 5.9 | %, CDASA | Monthly |
Unemployment | Feb 2024 | 2,713 | 2,701 | Ths. #, CDASA | Monthly |
Labor Force Employment | Jan 2024 | 46,060 | 46,006 | Ths. #, CDASA | Monthly |
Total Employment | Jan 2024 | 46,060 | 46,006 | Ths. #, CDASA | Monthly |
Primary Industries Employment | 2023 Q4 | 537 | 576 | Ths. #, NSA | Quarterly |
Wage & Salaries | 2022 | 1,665,852 | 1,566,537 | Mil. EUR | Annual |
Labor Force | 2022 | 43,905,075 | 42,960,625 | # | Annual |
Agriculture Employment | 2017 | 558,630 | 566,293 | # | Annual |
Trade | Reference | Last | Previous | Units | Frequency |
Imports of Goods | Jan 2024 | 103,761 | 94,004 | Mil. DEM/Mil. EUR, NSA | Monthly |
Balance of Goods | Jan 2024 | 29.81 | 25.49 | Bil. DEM/Bil. EUR, CDASA | Monthly |
Current Account Balance | Jan 2024 | 29.24 | 22.93 | Bil. DEM/Bil. EUR, CDASA | Monthly |
Exports of Goods | Jan 2024 | 129,414 | 111,498 | Mil. DEM/Mil. EUR, NSA | Monthly |
Exports of Goods and Services | 2023 Q4 | 479.56 | 482.46 | Bil. EUR, CDASA | Quarterly |
Real Imports of Goods and Services | 2023 Q4 | 121.91 | 121.46 | Ch. Vol. Index 2015=100, NSA | Quarterly |
Net Exports | 2023 Q4 | 45.31 | 47.42 | Bil. EUR, CDASA | Quarterly |
Imports of Goods and Services | 2023 Q4 | 434.25 | 435.04 | Bil. EUR, CDASA | Quarterly |
Real Exports of Goods and Services | 2023 Q4 | 113.29 | 110.66 | Ch. Vol. Index 2015=100, NSA | Quarterly |
Government | Reference | Last | Previous | Units | Frequency |
Gross External Debt | 2023 Q3 | 6,032,935 | 6,044,396 | Mil. EUR, NSA | Quarterly |
Government Revenues | 2015 | 1,349,905 | 1,299,553 | Bil. EUR | Annual |
Markets | Reference | Last | Previous | Units | Frequency |
Stock Market Index | 15 Mar 2024 | 17,936 | 17,942 | Index, NSA | Daily |
Treasury Bills (over 31 days) | Feb 2024 | 3.43 | 3.28 | % p.a. | Monthly |
Average Long-term Government Bond | Feb 2024 | 2.51 | 2.24 | % p.a. | Monthly |
Lending Rate | 08 Oct 2008 | 4.25 | 4.25 | %, NSA | Daily |
Real Estate | Reference | Last | Previous | Units | Frequency |
Building Permits | Jan 2024 | 16,797 | 21,182 | #, NSA | Monthly |
House Price Value for Existing Homes | Jan 2024 | 352,743 | 353,340 | Euros, NSA | Monthly |
House Price Index | Jan 2024 | 245.43 | 241.48 | Index August 2005=100, NSA | Monthly |
House Price Index for Existing Homes | Jan 2024 | 168.99 | 169.1 | Index August 2005=100, NSA | Monthly |
House Price Index for New Homes | 2023 Q4 | 161.3 | 160.6 | Index 2015=100, NSA | Quarterly |
Non-residential Building Permits | Dec 2023 | 4.23 | 4.71 | Bil. DEM/Bil. EUR, CDASA | Monthly |
Residential Building Permits | 2022 | 110,659 | 129,306 | #, NSA | Annual |
Building Completions | 2022 | 192,744 | 192,055 | Number | Annual |
Dwelling Stocks | 2022 | 43,366 | 43,084 | Ths., NSA | Annual |
Consumer | Reference | Last | Previous | Units | Frequency |
Consumer Confidence | Feb 2024 | -14.3 | -17.3 | SA | Monthly |
Retail Sales | Dec 2023 | 111.3 | 126.4 | Vol. Index 2015=100, NSA | Monthly |
Personal Income | 2021 | 24,415 | 23,916 | EUR | Annual |
Business | Reference | Last | Previous | Units | Frequency |
Business Confidence | Feb 2024 | 85.5 | 85.2 | Index 2015=100, SA | Monthly |
Industrial Production | Jan 2024 | 94.7 | 93.7 | Vol. Index 2021=100, CDASA | Monthly |
Capacity Utilization | 2023 Q4 | 81.9 | 82.9 | %, SA | Quarterly |
Real Change in Inventories | 2023 Q4 | 27.59 | 4.85 | Bil. EUR, CDASA | Quarterly |
Change in Inventories | 2023 Q4 | 27.59 | 4.85 | Bil. EUR, CDASA | Quarterly |
Demographics | Reference | Last | Previous | Units | Frequency |
Deaths | 2022 | 1,066,341 | 1,023,687 | # | Annual |
Births | 2022 | 738,819 | 795,492 | # | Annual |
Net Migration | 2022 | 1,462,089 | 329,163 | # | Annual |
Population | 2022 | 84,358 | 83,237 | Ths., NSA | Annual |
Birth Rate | 2020 | 9.3 | 9.4 | # per 1000 people | Annual |
Death Rate | 2020 | 11.9 | 11.3 | # per 1000 people | Annual |