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Despite declines in key countries, overall housing prices in the EU rise in the first quarter of 2024, led by significant growth in Poland, Bulgaria, and Lithuania. In the first quarter of 2024, housing prices in the eurozone saw a slight decrease of 0.4%, while the European Union as a whole experienced a 1.3% increase […]

In 2023, EU exports of recyclable materials grew by 34%, while imports fell by 19%, with India, Turkey, and the UK as key trade partners. In 2023, the European Union saw a remarkable growth in its exports of recyclable products, reaching 8.5 million tonnes. This represented a 34% increase compared to the 6.4 million tonnes

Annual CPI falls to 1.5% in September, while core inflation falls to 2.4%. In September, the annual rate of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) fell to 1.5%, the lowest since March 2021 and eight tenths of a percentage point lower than in August. The groups that contributed most to this decline were: Transport: with a

The number of mercantile companies created increased by 3.9% in August with respect to the same month in 2023.The number of dissolved companies increased by 0.9% compared to the same month in 2023. In August, 6,874 mercantile companies were created, 3.9% more than in the same month of 2023. The capital subscribed for their incorporation

In the second quarter of 2024, the euro area ended a year of falling house prices, with increases in twenty countries and decreases in six. House prices in Spain rose by 3.6% in the second quarter of 2024, the highest increase since 2015. This increase was higher than the Eurozone (1.8%) and EU (1.9%) average,

In the second quarter of 2024, the seasonally adjusted current account of the EU balance of payments recorded a surplus of 130.4 billion euro. Overview In the second quarter of 2024, the seasonally adjusted current account of the EU balance of payments recorded a surplus of EUR 130.4 billion (+2.9% of GDP), compared with a

Relevant data Since 2020, fuel and lubricant prices for personal transport in the EU have shown significant volatility. Annual inflation rates were negative in May 2020 (-19.5%), but started to rise sharply in 2021, reaching +33.4% in November of that year. The peak came in June 2022 (+39.2%) and then started to decelerate, turning negative

House prices more than doubled in nine EU countries since 2010 In the second quarter of 2024, house prices in the EU increased by 1.9% and rents by 0.7% compared with the first quarter of 2024. Compared with the second quarter of 2023, house prices rose by 2.9 per cent, while rents increased by 3.0

Provisional data The annual rate of the general Industrial Price Index (IPRI) was -1.3% in the month of August, three tenths above that registered in July. By economic destination of the goods, among the industrial sectors that had a positive influence on the evolution of the annual rate of the general IPRI, the following stood

Provisional data Annual change in export prices The annual rate of the Export Price Index (IPRIX) in the month of August was 0.9%, one tenth below that registered in July. By economic destination of the goods, among the industrial sectors that had a negative influence on the evolution of the annual rate of the IPRIX,