EU Unemployment Rate Hits 10-Year Low
The European Union’s jobless rate held steady at 6.9 percent in June, the lowest rate recorded since the start of the Great Recession in 2008, the EU statistics agency Eurostat reported Tuesday.
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Population Explosion
While deaths exceeded births in the European Union, over a 1 million people – mainly migrants – were added to the continent’s population in 2017, bringing the total to 512.6 million across 28 states.
Read moreEU’s Carbon Emissions Spiked in 2017, Agency Reveals
Despite hardline efforts to tackle carbon emissions and a prominent role in the Paris climate agreement, the European Union’s statistics office acknowledged Friday that emissions increased in 2017 due to a greater reliance on fossil fuels.
Read moreAfter a Rough Decade, EU Jobless Rate Stable at Last
After years of slow but steady improvement following the 2008 global financial meltdown, Europe’s economy appears to be stabilizing, at least on one front: the unemployment rate in the 28-state European Union held steady in March at 7.1 percent.
Read moreEU Retail Sales – January
Retail sales dipped by 0.1 percent in the European Union in January due to sluggish sales in the “nonfood” and “food, drinks and tobacco” sectors, Eurostat reported Monday.
Read moreUS Employers Posted Fewer Jobs in November; EU Jobless Rate Falls Again
Employers across the U.S. posted fewer open jobs in November, the second straight month of decline, the Labor Department announced Tuesday.
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Retail sales in the European Union rose 1.5 percent in November on strong turnover in the non-food and food, drink and tobacco sectors, the EU’s statistics agency Eurostat reported Monday.
Read moreEU Employment
The number of employed Europeans ticked up half a percent in the third quarter of 2017 to the “highest levels ever recorded,” Eurostat said Wednesday, reporting over 236 million men and women employed across the 28 EU states.
Read moreEU August Retail
Retail sales in the 19-state eurozone fell 0.5 percent in August and was flat in the full European Union, the EU statistics agency Eurostat reported Wednesday.
Read moreEU Jobless Rate Steady While Energy Prices Spark Inflation
The European Union’s statistics agency said Thursday that the jobless rate held steady in June, but its estimate of annual inflation for the 19-stat eurozone will tick up slightly in August.
Read moreEU Retail Sales – May
Retail sales in the 19-state eurozone rose 0.4 percent in May while the full European Union saw a modest rise of just 0.2 percent, Eurostat said Wednesday.
Read moreEU Unemployment – April
The unemployment rate in the 19-state eurozone and the full European Union fell a tenth of a point in April, to 9.3 percent and 7.8 percent respectively, the EU’s statistics agency Eurostat said Wednesday.
Read moreEU Retail Sales – March
Retail sales in the 19-state eurozone rose 0.3 percent in March but dropped by 0.2 percent in the full European Union, as sluggish automotive fuel sales dragged down gains made in February, Eurostat said Thursday.
Read moreEU Unemployment – March
The 19-state eurozone’s unemployment rate held steady at 9.5 percent in March, while the jobless rate in the full European Union dropped a tenth of a point to 8 percent, Eurostat reported Tuesday.
Read moreEUtopia
A report from Europe’s statistics agency opened my eyes to what I’d thought was a uniquely American issue and couldn’t possibly exist in the utopia that is the EU: income inequity. Then a New York Times feature on agricultural slavery in Italy slapped the rose-colored European glasses off my face entirely.
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