For much of the year, experts have been warning a global economic slowdown is on the way – with some even using the R-word. Europeans don’t seem worried about recession, with household income and consumption both up in the first quarter of 2019.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreWhile 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 moreDespite 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 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 moreRetail 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 moreEmployers across the U.S. posted fewer open jobs in November, the second straight month of decline, the Labor Department announced Tuesday.
Read moreRetail 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 moreThe 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 moreRetail 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 moreThe 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 moreRetail 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 moreThe 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 moreRetail 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 moreThe 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.
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