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21/01/2019
Government debt down to 86.1% of GDP in euro area
At the end of the third quarter of 2018, the government debt to GDP ratio in the euro area (EA19) stood at 86.1%, compared with 86.3% at the end of the second quarter of 2018. In the EU28, the ratio decreased from 81.0% to 80.8%. Compared with the third quarter of 2017, the government debt to GDP... more
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21/01/2019
Seasonally adjusted government deficit increased to 0.5% of GDP in the euro area
In the third quarter of 2018, the seasonally adjusted general government deficit to GDP ratio stood at 0.5% in the euro area (EA19), an increase compared with 0.3% in the second quarter of 2018. In the EU28, the deficit to GDP ratio stood at 0.6%, an increase compared with 0.4% in the previous... more
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18/01/2019
House prices up by 4.3% in both the euro area and the EU
House prices, as measured by the House Price Index, rose by 4.3% in both the euro area and the EU in the third quarter of 2018 compared with the same quarter of the previous year. These figures come from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. more
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17/01/2019
Annual inflation down to 1.6% in the euro area
The euro area annual inflation rate was 1.6% in December 2018, down from 1.9% in November. A year earlier, the rate was 1.4%. European Union annual inflation was 1.7% in December 2018, down from 2.0% in November. A year earlier, the rate was 1.7%. These figures are published by Eurostat, the... more
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