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 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.
Read moreA 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.
Read moreConstruction roared to life in the 19-state eurozone in February, posting a 6.9 percent rise in production in February according to figures released Thursday by Eurostat.
Read moreBusiness investments and profits rose slightly in the 19-state eurozone at the end of 2016, two more indications the European Union is finally shaking off the economic malaise brought by the 2008 global fiscal meltdown.
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Retail sales in the European Union rose 0.7 percent in February, marking two months of increases following a disappointing Christmas shopping season, Eurostat reported Tuesday.
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The unemployment rate in both the European Union and the 19-state eurozone ticked down a tenth of a point in February, to 8.0 and 9.5 percent respectively, Eurostat reported Monday.
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The European Union’s statistics office said Thursday that over 1.2 million refugees sought asylum for the first time in 2016 – just 50,000 less than the prior year – as the Syrian civil war shows no signs of abating.
Read moreInflation continued to rise in the European Union in February, up to 1.9 percent in the full EU and hitting 2 percent in the 19-state eurozone, Eurostat reported Thursday.
Read moreThe number of people with jobs in the fourth quarter of 2016 rose by 0.3 percent in the 19-state eurozone and by 0.2 percent in the full European Union, Eurostat said Wednesday.
Read moreThe European Union’s share of renewable energy rose to nearly 17 percent in 2015, and 11 of its 28 member states have already reached their 2020 targets, Eurostat said Tuesday.
Read moreIndustrial production in the 19-state eurozone rose by nearly 1 percent in January – and by half a percent in the full European Union – due to increased production of capital goods and in the energy sector, Eurostat said Tuesday.
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