Euro area and EU27 employment up by 0.2% +1.2% and +1.3% respectively
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- Euro area and EU27 GDP up by 0.7% in first quarter, Malta up by 1.7%
- Euro area GDP down by 0.2% and EU27 GDP stable +1.4% and +1.7% respectively
- Euro area GDP goes up by 0.4% and EU27 GDP up by 0.5%
- The Euro Area is now officially into a recession
- Euro area unemployment stable at 7.2% - EU27 up to 6.8%
- Euro area unemployment stable at 7.1% - EU27 down to 6.7%
- Euro area unemployment up to 7.5% EU27 stable at 6.9%
- Construction output up by 0.1% in the euro area, down by 0.2% in the EU27
- Euro area unemployment stable at 7.5% - EU27 rises to 7.0%
- Euro area and EU27 household savings rates up and business investment rates stable
- Euro area unemployment stable at 7.3% EU27 stable at 6.8%
- Malta registers one of the lowest labour cost rises in the EU
- Industrial production up 0.3% in euro area and 0.5% in EU27
- Industrial production up by 1.1% in euro area and by 0.5% in EU27
- Euro area unemployment stable at 7.3% EU27 stable at 6.8%
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The number of persons employed in the euro area (EA15) rose by 0.2% (283,000 persons) in the second quarter of 2008 compared with the previous quarter, according to national accounts estimates published by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities.
In the same period, the number of persons employed in the EU27 also grew by 0.2% (401 000 persons). In the first quarter of 2008, growth rates were +0.3% in both zones. These figures are seasonally adjusted. No specific data was available for Malta.
Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, employment grew by 1.2% in the euro area and by 1.3% in the EU27 in the second quarter of 2008, after +1.6% and +1.5% respectively in the first quarter of 2008, Malta stood at 3.7%.
Eurostat estimates that, in the second quarter of 2008, 226.4 million men and women were employed in the EU27, of which 146.0 million were in the euro area. These figures are seasonally adjusted.
This quarterly data on employment provides a picture of labour input consistent with the output and income measures of national accounts.
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