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The euro area data shown on this page correspond to the economic and financial variables described on the International Monetary Fund's Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB). For an extended explanation of the DSBB and the statistical standards, please click on DSBB Home Page.
Euro area data presented on this page are provided by Eurostat and the ECB. The source can be consulted by clicking on the data label, or on the link to the metadata in the "More info" column. More data are available in the Eurostat Data Navigation and the ECB Statistical Data Warehouse (SDW).
Unless otherwise indicated (SA), data are not seasonally adjusted.
| SDDS Data Category and Component | Unit Description | Observations | Growth rates | More info | |||||||
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| Period of latest data | Latest | Previous | Previous period 1 | Annual 2 | |||||||
| Notes: | |||||||||||
| Real sector | more | ||||||||||
| National Accounts | more | ||||||||||
| Current price GDP by expenditure category | |||||||||||
| GDP at market prices | Euro billions (SA) | Q4/09 | 2,255.6 | 2,251.6 | 0.2 | -1.7 | |||||
| Household final consumption expenditure | Euro billions (SA) | Q4/09 | 1,301.0 | 1,293.3 | 0.6 | -0.3 | |||||
| Government final consumption expenditure | Euro billions (SA) | Q4/09 | 495.4 | 497.6 | -0.4 | 3.1 | |||||
| Gross fixed capital formation | Euro billions (SA) | Q4/09 | 435.8 | 439.5 | -0.8 | -9.6 | |||||
| Change in inventories | Euro billions (SA) | Q4/09 | -18.5 | -13.5 | - | - | |||||
| Exports of goods and services | Euro billions (SA) | Q4/09 | 837.9 | 818.1 | 2.4 | -7.5 | |||||
| Imports of goods and services | Euro billions (SA) | Q4/09 | 795.9 | 783.4 | 1.6 | -10.1 | |||||
| Volume of GDP by expenditure category (in previous year's prices) | |||||||||||
| GDP at market prices | 2000=100 (SA) | Q4/09 | 110.3 | 110.1 | 0.1 | -2.1 | |||||
| Household final consumption expenditure | 2000=100 (SA) | Q4/09 | 111.0 | 111.0 | -0.0 | -0.6 | |||||
| Government final consumption expenditure | 2000=100 (SA) | Q4/09 | 119.9 | 120.1 | -0.1 | 1.8 | |||||
| Gross fixed capital formation | 2000=100 (SA) | Q4/09 | 101.9 | 102.8 | -0.8 | -8.7 | |||||
| Exports of goods and services | 2000=100 (SA) | Q4/09 | 125.1 | 123.0 | 1.7 | -5.2 | |||||
| Imports of goods and services | 2000=100 (SA) | Q4/09 | 123.7 | 122.5 | 0.9 | -6.9 | |||||
| Industrial Production Index (excluding construction) | 2005=100 (SA) | Jan/10 | 93.9 | 92.3 | 1.1 | -6.8 | more | ||||
| Employment | Persons millions (SA) | Q3/09 | 144.8 | 145.5 | -0.5 | -2.1 | more | ||||
| Unemployment | more | ||||||||||
| Unemployment - Level | Persons millions (SA) | Jan/10 | 15.7 | 15.6 | 0.2 | 17.1 | |||||
| Unemployment - Rate (percentage of civilian workforce) | Percent (SA) | Jan/10 | 9.9 | 9.9 | - | - | |||||
| Hourly labour costs index | 2008=100 (SA) | Q3/09 | 103.8 | 103.3 | 0.5 | 3.2 | more | ||||
| Consumer Price Index (HICP, harmonised index) | 2005 = 100 | Jan/10 | 108.1 | 108.9 | 0.2 | 1.0 | more | ||||
| Producer Prices Index, domestic sales (excluding construction) | 2005=100 | Jan/10 | 109.2 | 108.5 | 0.7 | -1.1 | more | ||||
| Fiscal sector | more | ||||||||||
| General Government operations | more | ||||||||||
| Revenue (percentage of GDP) | Percent | Q3/09 | 42.5 | 44.6 | - | -4.4 | |||||
| Expenditure (percentage of GDP) | Percent | Q3/09 | 48.8 | 49.8 | - | 4.2 | |||||
| Of which interest payable (percentage of GDP) | Percent | Q3/09 | 2.7 | 3.1 | - | -12.1 | |||||
| Of which investment (percentage of GDP) | Percent | Q3/09 | 2.6 | 2.7 | - | 1.8 | |||||
| Balance (percentage of GDP) | Percent | Q3/09 | -6.3 | -5.3 | - | - | |||||
| General Government debt | more | ||||||||||
| Gross outstanding debt | Percent | 2008 | 69.3 | 65.9 | - | - | |||||
| Debt in euro (percentage of GDP) | Percent | 2008 | 68.6 | 65.4 | - | - | |||||
| Debt in currencies other than euro (percentage of GDP) | Percent | 2008 | 0.7 | 0.5 | - | - | |||||
| Held by resident sectors (percentage of GDP) | Percent | 2008 | 32.5 | 32.1 | - | - | |||||
| Of which MFIs (percentage of GDP) | Percent | 2008 | 17.2 | 16.8 | - | - | |||||
| Of which other financial corporations (percentage of GDP) | Percent | 2008 | 8.2 | 8.6 | - | - | |||||
| Of which other resident sectors (percentage of GDP) | Percent | 2008 | 7.1 | 6.7 | - | - | |||||
| Debt held by non-residents (percentage of GDP) | Percent | 2008 | 36.8 | 33.9 | - | - | |||||
| Financial sector | more | ||||||||||
| Analytical accounts of the banking sector | more | ||||||||||
| Monetary aggregates (M3) | Euro billions (SA) | Jan/10 | 9,312.6 | 9,322.5 | - | 0.1 | |||||
| Domestic credit | Euro billions (SA) | Jan/10 | 15,921.5 | 15,947.2 | - | 1.6 | |||||
| Credit to general government in the euro area | Euro billions (SA) | Jan/10 | 2,863.6 | 2,865.0 | - | 9.1 | |||||
| Credit to other resident sectors in the euro area | Euro billions (SA) | Jan/10 | 13,057.9 | 13,082.2 | - | 0.1 | |||||
| External assets | Euro billions (SA) | Jan/10 | 4,955.3 | 4,948.5 | - | -6.3 | |||||
| External liabilities | Euro billions (SA) | Jan/10 | 4,371.8 | 4,394.7 | - | -11.6 | |||||
| Analytical accounts of the central banks (Eurosystem) | more | ||||||||||
| Currency in circulation | Euro billions | Jan/10 | 806.2 | 829.2 | - | 5.8 | |||||
| Deposits at the Eurosystem of MFI residents in the euro area | Euro billions | Jan/10 | 1,050.0 | 1,033.7 | - | 6.6 | |||||
| Credit | Euro billions | Jan/10 | 364.9 | 367.2 | - | - | |||||
| Credit to general government in the euro area | Euro billions | Jan/10 | 349.1 | 351.2 | - | - | |||||
| Credit to other resident sectors in the euro area | Euro billions | Jan/10 | 15.8 | 16.0 | - | - | |||||
| External assets | Euro billions | Jan/10 | 563.2 | 555.7 | - | -3.7 | |||||
| External liabilities | Euro billions | Jan/10 | 133.5 | 140.2 | - | -58.4 | |||||
| Interest Rates | more | ||||||||||
| One-year interbank market | Percent per annum | Feb/10 | 1.2 | 1.2 | - | - | |||||
| Ten-year government bond yield on the secondary market | Percent per annum | Feb/10 | 4.1 | 4.1 | - | - | |||||
| External sector | more | ||||||||||
| Balance of payments | more | ||||||||||
| Net current account | Euro billions (SA) | Dec/09 | 1.9 | -0.5 | - | - | |||||
| Exports of goods | Euro billions (SA) | Dec/09 | 112.5 | 110.3 | - | - | |||||
| Exports of services | Euro billions (SA) | Dec/09 | 40.0 | 38.6 | - | - | |||||
| Imports of goods | Euro billions (SA) | Dec/09 | 108.1 | 104.1 | - | - | |||||
| Imports of services | Euro billions (SA) | Dec/09 | 35.6 | 36.1 | - | - | |||||
| Net income | Euro billions (SA) | Dec/09 | -1.7 | -3.4 | - | - | |||||
| Net current transfers | Euro billions (SA) | Dec/09 | -5.2 | -5.8 | - | - | |||||
| Net capital account | Euro billions | Dec/09 | 1.1 | 1.2 | - | - | |||||
| Financial account | Euro billions | Dec/09 | -5.7 | -0.6 | - | - | |||||
| Direct investment | Euro billions | Dec/09 | -2.4 | 0.7 | - | - | |||||
| Abroad | Euro billions | Dec/09 | -5.7 | -9.0 | - | - | |||||
| In the reporting economy | Euro billions | Dec/09 | 3.3 | 9.7 | - | - | |||||
| Portfolio investment | Euro billions | Dec/09 | 45.9 | -16.9 | - | - | |||||
| Portfolio investment assets | Euro billions | Dec/09 | 9.6 | -10.9 | - | - | |||||
| Portfolio investment liabilities | Euro billions | Dec/09 | 36.3 | -6.0 | - | - | |||||
| Financial derivatives | Euro billions | Dec/09 | 2.8 | -0.2 | - | - | |||||
| Other investment | Euro billions | Dec/09 | -51.4 | 15.3 | - | - | |||||
| Other investment assets | Euro billions | Dec/09 | 89.3 | -8.7 | - | - | |||||
| Other investment liabilities | Euro billions | Dec/09 | -140.7 | 24.1 | - | - | |||||
| Reserve assets | Euro billions | Dec/09 | -0.6 | 0.3 | - | - | |||||
| International reserves and foreign currency liquidity (Eurosystem) | more | ||||||||||
| Official reserve assets | Euro billions | Jan/10 | 468.7 | 462.4 | - | - | |||||
| Foreign currency reserves (in convertible foreign currencies) | Euro billions | Jan/10 | 138.7 | 135.5 | - | - | |||||
| IMF reserve position | Euro billions | Jan/10 | 10.2 | 10.0 | - | - | |||||
| SDRs | Euro billions | Jan/10 | 52.0 | 50.8 | - | - | |||||
| Gold (including gold deposits and gold swapped) | Euro billions | Jan/10 | 268.1 | 266.0 | - | - | |||||
| Other reserve assets | Euro billions | Jan/10 | -0.3 | -0.1 | - | - | |||||
| Other foreign currency assets | Euro billions | Jan/10 | 28.3 | 32.1 | - | - | |||||
| Template on international reserves and foreign currency liquidity (European Central Bank) | - | Jan/10 | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Template on international reserves and foreign currency liquidity (Eurosystem) | - | Jan/10 | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Merchandise trade | more | ||||||||||
| Exports | Euro billions (SA) | Dec/09 | 114.4 | 110.9 | - | - | |||||
| Imports | Euro billions (SA) | Dec/09 | 107.3 | 105.6 | - | - | |||||
| International Investment Position | Euro billions | Q3/09 | -1,558.2 | -1,516.5 | - | - | more | ||||
| Direct investment | Euro billions | Q3/09 | 707.3 | 715.0 | - | - | |||||
| Abroad | Euro billions | Q3/09 | 4,063.9 | 4,011.7 | - | - | |||||
| In the reporting economy | Euro billions | Q3/09 | 3,356.6 | 3,296.7 | - | - | |||||
| Portfolio investment | Euro billions | Q3/09 | -2,559.2 | -2,403.7 | - | - | |||||
| Equity assets | Euro billions | Q3/09 | 1,361.9 | 1,216.2 | - | - | |||||
| Equity liabilities | Euro billions | Q3/09 | 2,528.8 | 2,282.7 | - | - | |||||
| Debt assets | Euro billions | Q3/09 | 2,690.1 | 2,680.0 | - | - | |||||
| Debt liabilities | Euro billions | Q3/09 | 4,082.4 | 4,017.2 | - | - | |||||
| Other investment | Euro billions | Q3/09 | -76.7 | -151.0 | - | - | |||||
| Other investment assets | Euro billions | Q3/09 | 4,926.4 | 5,083.7 | - | - | |||||
| Other investment liabilities | Euro billions | Q3/09 | 5,003.1 | 5,234.7 | - | - | |||||
| Reserve assets | Euro billions | Q3/09 | 430.9 | 381.5 | - | - | |||||
| Exchange rates | more | ||||||||||
| Euro foreign exchange reference rates | http://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/exchange/eurofxref/html/index.en.html | ||||||||||
| Daily nominal effective exchange rate of the euro | http://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/exchange/effective/html/index.en.html | ||||||||||
| Socio-demographic Data | more | ||||||||||
| Population (Total) | Persons millions | 2010 | 329.7 | 328.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | more | ||||
