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- Industrial production up 0.3% in euro area and 0.5% in EU27
- Euro area industrial producer prices up 0.6%, EU27 up 0.5%
- Euro area unemployment stable at 7.1% - EU27 down to 6.7%
- Euro area unemployment stable at 7.2% - EU27 up to 6.8%
- March Euro area annual inflation up to 3.6% EU up to 3.8%
- Euro area and EU27 GDP up by 0.7% in first quarter, Malta up by 1.7%
- Euro area GDP goes up by 0.4% and EU27 GDP up by 0.5%
- Euro area annual inflation up to 4.0% EU up to 4.3%
- Food price rises second highest in euro area
- The visible trade gap widened by €15.9 million in January
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In February 2008, compared with January 2008, the volume of retail trade fell by 0.5% in the euro area (EA15), but grew by 0.3% in the EU27. In January retail trade rose by 0.5% and 0.6% respectively.
In February 2008, compared with February 2007, the retail sales index fell by 0.2% in the euro area, but rose by 2.0% in the EU27.
Monthly changes: In February 2008, compared with January 2008, “food, drinks and tobacco” fell by 0.2% in the euro area, but increased by 0.5% in the EU27. The non food sector fell by 0.8% and 0.1% respectively.
Among the Member States for which data are available, total retail trade rose in thirteen Member States and fell in three. The highest increases were observed in Estonia and Luxembourg (both +3.2%), Belgium (+3.1%) and Finland (+2.8%), and the largest decreases in Germany (-1.6%) and Poland (-0.3%).
Annual changes: In February 2008, compared with February 2007, retail trade of “food, drinks and tobacco” fell by 0.9% in the euro area, but rose by 0.8% in the EU27. The non food sector fell by 0.4% in the euro area, but grew by 2.4% in the EU27.
Among the Member States for which data are available, total retail trade rose in fourteen Member States, and fell only in Germany (-3.1%) and Spain (-2.6%). The highest increases were observed in Slovakia (+16.6%), Lithuania (+15.1%), Bulgaria (+11.7%) and Finland (+7.0%).
These first estimates come from Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European
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