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Belgium: Economic and financial data
Date of last update : 22 March 2024
Updated every bank working day
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The 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 to which Belgium has committed, please click on DSBB Home Page.
Forward-looking indicator(s)
monthly weightened results, gross series, seasonally adjusted
Frequency = monthly
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Mar 24 |
Feb 24 |
Jan 24 |
Dec 23 |
Nov 23 |
Oct 23 |
Sep 23 |
Aug 23 |
Jul 23 |
Jun 23 |
May 23 |
Apr 23 |
Mar 23 |
Synthetic curve |
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*Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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-13,4 |
-14,4 |
-15,0 |
-14,9 |
-14,9 |
-14,8 |
-14,1 |
-12,0 |
-9,6 |
-8,1 |
-9,0 |
*Seasonally adjusted series |
-10,4 |
-12,8 |
-16,4 |
-12,7 |
-15,0 |
-16,8 |
-14,4 |
-14,9 |
-14,8 |
-12,1 |
-9,2 |
-7,8 |
-7,6 |
Manufacturing industry |
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*Synthetic curve |
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**Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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-18,1 |
-18,0 |
-17,9 |
-17,6 |
-16,9 |
-16,0 |
-15,1 |
-14,5 |
-14,7 |
**Seasonally adjusted series |
-14,2 |
-18,5 |
-22,0 |
-17,8 |
-19,3 |
-17,9 |
-17,9 |
-18,0 |
-18,1 |
-15,6 |
-14,3 |
-12,1 |
-10,8 |
*Components |
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**Appraisal |
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***Total order book |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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-38,3 |
-37,3 |
-36,1 |
-34,9 |
-33,7 |
-32,5 |
-31,6 |
-31,2 |
-30,8 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
-39,4 |
-43,0 |
-44,5 |
-38,6 |
-39,8 |
-36,6 |
-36,3 |
-35,6 |
-33,1 |
-32,6 |
-30,4 |
-30,9 |
-26,0 |
***Stocks |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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6,6 |
7,5 |
7,9 |
7,9 |
7,9 |
8,0 |
8,3 |
8,8 |
10,0 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
-2,5 |
-3,4 |
2,7 |
5,9 |
10,7 |
7,2 |
9,1 |
8,0 |
7,6 |
8,6 |
4,4 |
7,8 |
9,8 |
**Forecast |
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***Employment |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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-14,3 |
-14,0 |
-13,2 |
-11,9 |
-10,2 |
-8,5 |
-7,3 |
-6,9 |
-7,1 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
-10,2 |
-15,9 |
-17,3 |
-13,0 |
-13,9 |
-15,5 |
-9,8 |
-13,8 |
-13,2 |
-7,6 |
-6,7 |
-2,4 |
0,4 |
***Demand |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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-13,6 |
-13,9 |
-14,4 |
-14,8 |
-14,8 |
-13,9 |
-12,2 |
-10,5 |
-9,2 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
-9,7 |
-18,5 |
-23,4 |
-13,5 |
-12,7 |
-12,3 |
-16,3 |
-14,6 |
-18,4 |
-13,4 |
-15,8 |
-7,5 |
-8,0 |
*Other indicators |
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**Trend |
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***Production rate |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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-6,9 |
-6,7 |
-7,0 |
-7,8 |
-7,5 |
-6,0 |
-4,0 |
-1,6 |
-0,4 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
0,4 |
-10,1 |
-18,9 |
-7,3 |
-4,5 |
-6,6 |
-4,6 |
-19,2 |
-9,9 |
1,3 |
-16,8 |
0,3 |
-0,9 |
***Domestic orders |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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-15,5 |
-16,2 |
-16,6 |
-16,7 |
-16,8 |
-16,6 |
-16,4 |
-15,9 |
-14,9 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
-9,7 |
-13,2 |
-15,8 |
-10,6 |
-14,7 |
-19,4 |
-16,4 |
-16,9 |
-18,6 |
-15,3 |
-15,8 |
-18,2 |
-16,8 |
***Export orders |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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-13,9 |
-12,9 |
-12,3 |
-12,2 |
-11,1 |
-9,4 |
-7,8 |
-6,3 |
-5,4 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
-11,3 |
-22,2 |
-16,6 |
-11,7 |
-20,3 |
-10,3 |
-11,7 |
-19,9 |
-14,1 |
-6,2 |
-3,9 |
-10,9 |
-0,8 |
**Appraisal |
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***Export order book |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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-40,0 |
-38,0 |
-35,7 |
-33,5 |
-32,0 |
-30,6 |
-29,9 |
-29,7 |
-29,4 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
-43,8 |
-46,4 |
-45,2 |
-40,9 |
-43,0 |
-36,5 |
-35,5 |
-35,1 |
-29,8 |
-30,3 |
-29,8 |
-28,8 |
-27,9 |
**Prices |
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***Trend |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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-7,7 |
-7,6 |
-7,7 |
-7,5 |
-6,6 |
-4,9 |
-2,6 |
-0,1 |
2,0 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
-9,1 |
-13,1 |
-4,6 |
-4,3 |
-9,3 |
-7,2 |
-8,8 |
-8,0 |
-7,6 |
-5,7 |
-3,2 |
1,2 |
3,7 |
***Forecast |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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-4,4 |
-5,7 |
-7,1 |
-8,4 |
-8,4 |
-5,9 |
-1,7 |
3,3 |
8,7 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
-6,8 |
-0,5 |
-4,9 |
-3,8 |
-3,4 |
0,5 |
-9,0 |
-10,1 |
-10,5 |
-9,0 |
-4,0 |
6,1 |
9,1 |
Trade |
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*Synthetic curve |
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**Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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-17,4 |
-17,1 |
-16,6 |
-16,0 |
-15,7 |
-15,5 |
-15,5 |
-15,7 |
-16,6 |
**Seasonally adjusted series |
-18,3 |
-11,9 |
-17,8 |
-19,5 |
-15,5 |
-20,1 |
-16,7 |
-14,8 |
-16,8 |
-13,2 |
-9,2 |
-15,9 |
-21,6 |
*Components |
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**Forecast |
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***Employment |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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-9,0 |
-8,7 |
-8,2 |
-7,3 |
-6,2 |
-5,2 |
-5,0 |
-6,3 |
-8,1 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
-11,1 |
-9,5 |
-9,2 |
-12,2 |
-8,4 |
-12,1 |
-8,0 |
-8,2 |
-6,6 |
-4,1 |
2,5 |
-2,3 |
-11,8 |
***Demand |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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-19,0 |
-20,1 |
-20,0 |
-18,8 |
-18,1 |
-18,4 |
-19,2 |
-20,5 |
-21,3 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
-21,8 |
-12,8 |
-15,4 |
-22,5 |
-12,2 |
-26,6 |
-21,5 |
-16,6 |
-19,7 |
-10,6 |
-7,5 |
-22,9 |
-21,6 |
***Orders |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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-23,0 |
-22,4 |
-22,0 |
-22,0 |
-22,4 |
-23,2 |
-23,6 |
-23,7 |
-24,5 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
-21,9 |
-13,6 |
-28,7 |
-23,8 |
-25,8 |
-21,6 |
-20,5 |
-19,6 |
-24,2 |
-24,8 |
-22,6 |
-22,4 |
-31,4 |
*Other indicators |
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**Trend |
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***Sales |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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1,0 |
1,8 |
2,9 |
3,6 |
4,2 |
4,7 |
5,0 |
5,0 |
3,7 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
5,4 |
-3,1 |
1,7 |
9,4 |
-2,7 |
-8,3 |
6,4 |
2,7 |
22,2 |
-2,0 |
5,1 |
5,0 |
-9,4 |
**Appraisal |
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***Sales |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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-12,6 |
-10,0 |
-7,6 |
-5,4 |
-4,6 |
-5,4 |
-5,9 |
-6,5 |
-7,2 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
-15,4 |
-17,7 |
-30,7 |
-11,0 |
-15,4 |
-13,7 |
-5,1 |
-1,5 |
-0,7 |
-8,3 |
-21,8 |
1,5 |
-9,0 |
***Stocks |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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21,3 |
22,0 |
22,2 |
21,5 |
19,7 |
16,9 |
14,4 |
12,3 |
10,5 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
25,1 |
28,7 |
14,0 |
19,1 |
20,2 |
26,9 |
23,1 |
24,5 |
12,8 |
18,6 |
18,9 |
11,1 |
10,2 |
**p.m. Selling prices |
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***Movement |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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2,9 |
4,2 |
6,8 |
10,1 |
14,6 |
18,7 |
21,8 |
24,0 |
26,9 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
4,7 |
-6,7 |
6,6 |
18,9 |
-1,5 |
-2,4 |
4,3 |
9,2 |
13,9 |
23,2 |
21,5 |
24,7 |
28,7 |
***Forecast |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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13,9 |
15,6 |
17,8 |
20,6 |
23,1 |
27,2 |
32,4 |
37,7 |
42,4 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
10,2 |
17,6 |
8,6 |
16,3 |
0,2 |
20,5 |
7,7 |
19,0 |
22,4 |
24,5 |
31,2 |
40,6 |
44,3 |
Building industry |
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*Synthetic curve |
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**Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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-12,2 |
-11,6 |
-10,1 |
-8,6 |
-7,1 |
-6,2 |
-6,0 |
-5,8 |
-5,6 |
**Seasonally adjusted series |
-9,3 |
-10,3 |
-12,8 |
-11,3 |
-13,3 |
-13,6 |
-11,7 |
-7,2 |
-5,8 |
-6,0 |
-6,6 |
-5,4 |
-5,0 |
*Components |
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**Trend |
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***Order book |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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-10,9 |
-10,6 |
-9,5 |
-8,1 |
-6,7 |
-5,5 |
-4,3 |
-3,1 |
-1,8 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
-5,5 |
-6,7 |
-13,5 |
-9,8 |
-10,6 |
-13,7 |
-12,3 |
-2,6 |
-5,0 |
-7,0 |
-10,3 |
-2,3 |
0,0 |
***Equipment |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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-6,1 |
-5,5 |
-4,1 |
-2,9 |
-1,9 |
-1,4 |
-1,4 |
-1,1 |
-0,6 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
-5,8 |
-6,3 |
-7,1 |
-3,7 |
-5,4 |
-8,4 |
-7,2 |
-1,2 |
-0,3 |
-1,4 |
-1,7 |
-4,1 |
0,5 |
**Beoordeling |
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***Order book appraisal |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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-10,5 |
-10,4 |
-9,4 |
-7,9 |
-6,2 |
-4,7 |
-3,8 |
-3,4 |
-3,1 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
-9,2 |
-7,6 |
-9,1 |
-10,7 |
-12,5 |
-12,4 |
-10,6 |
-8,1 |
-5,8 |
-3,7 |
-3,3 |
-3,0 |
-5,1 |
**Forecast |
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***Demand |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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-20,3 |
-19,2 |
-17,6 |
-15,5 |
-13,9 |
-12,7 |
-12,6 |
-13,8 |
-15,4 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
-16,6 |
-20,7 |
-21,4 |
-21,2 |
-24,7 |
-19,8 |
-16,8 |
-17,0 |
-12,2 |
-11,8 |
-11,1 |
-12,1 |
-15,4 |
*Other indicators |
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**Trend |
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***Activity |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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-7,4 |
-7,3 |
-6,6 |
-5,9 |
-5,2 |
-4,9 |
-4,2 |
-2,7 |
-0,8 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
-0,9 |
-5,3 |
-4,8 |
-7,7 |
-10,3 |
-12,1 |
-7,4 |
-0,2 |
-2,8 |
-4,9 |
-8,8 |
-9,1 |
0,5 |
***Employment |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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0,0 |
-0,6 |
-1,6 |
-3,0 |
-4,9 |
-5,5 |
-4,7 |
-3,4 |
-1,4 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
0,9 |
-3,6 |
-0,7 |
0,1 |
0,7 |
0,0 |
-0,3 |
-4,0 |
-9,8 |
-8,8 |
0,8 |
-7,8 |
-0,5 |
**Forecast |
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***Employment |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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-2,6 |
-1,4 |
0,4 |
2,2 |
4,5 |
6,9 |
8,7 |
10,3 |
10,8 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
-2,5 |
-4,9 |
-4,3 |
-2,2 |
-2,4 |
-4,7 |
-0,6 |
3,6 |
4,9 |
4,3 |
11,1 |
15,3 |
15,6 |
**p.m.Selling prices |
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***Movement |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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5,3 |
6,5 |
8,0 |
9,1 |
10,7 |
13,3 |
16,4 |
20,9 |
26,6 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
4,1 |
0,9 |
2,0 |
8,1 |
3,6 |
5,8 |
6,7 |
10,6 |
10,4 |
11,0 |
15,3 |
22,6 |
22,8 |
***Forecast |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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2,0 |
3,9 |
7,8 |
11,9 |
16,2 |
20,5 |
25,7 |
31,6 |
37,8 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
8,8 |
6,9 |
0,5 |
3,3 |
-0,7 |
0,2 |
3,9 |
20,1 |
15,4 |
16,6 |
21,8 |
31,9 |
41,4 |
Business-related services |
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*Synthetic curve |
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**Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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1,4 |
-2,4 |
-4,7 |
-5,5 |
-3,5 |
0,8 |
4,3 |
5,2 |
2,8 |
**Seasonally adjusted series |
7,8 |
9,1 |
4,6 |
9,8 |
2,3 |
-14,2 |
-0,9 |
-9,0 |
-8,8 |
-2,5 |
10,5 |
11,4 |
8,4 |
*Components |
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**Appraisal |
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***Activity |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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-7,0 |
-9,7 |
-12,2 |
-13,3 |
-13,9 |
-14,3 |
-14,3 |
-14,3 |
-14,3 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
-8,9 |
-0,2 |
-5,5 |
-3,3 |
-1,8 |
-31,0 |
-11,2 |
-12,8 |
-20,7 |
-15,7 |
-9,8 |
-12,8 |
-17,9 |
**Forecasts |
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***Activity |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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10,3 |
6,8 |
4,2 |
2,6 |
4,9 |
10,2 |
15,6 |
17,8 |
14,0 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
19,0 |
18,2 |
14,1 |
23,1 |
5,3 |
-3,0 |
11,5 |
-7,6 |
2,2 |
2,2 |
23,6 |
27,5 |
27,4 |
***General demand |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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1,8 |
-1,7 |
-4,0 |
-3,7 |
0,2 |
5,7 |
10,8 |
12,3 |
9,2 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
13,3 |
9,2 |
5,3 |
9,6 |
3,5 |
-8,6 |
-3,0 |
-6,7 |
-8,1 |
5,9 |
17,9 |
19,5 |
15,6 |
*Other indicators |
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**Trend |
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***Activity |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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3,3 |
2,0 |
0,6 |
-0,7 |
-1,2 |
0,5 |
3,3 |
6,2 |
8,4 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
11,4 |
8,2 |
5,7 |
2,6 |
1,4 |
3,5 |
7,6 |
-6,8 |
-2,3 |
-3,7 |
12,8 |
2,9 |
9,3 |
***Employment |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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1,3 |
0,2 |
-0,4 |
-0,3 |
0,4 |
1,9 |
3,5 |
5,8 |
7,4 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
-9,1 |
8,4 |
4,0 |
4,0 |
-6,0 |
-0,3 |
-0,3 |
-15,3 |
-0,5 |
0,2 |
6,0 |
20,1 |
4,9 |
**Forecasts |
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***Employment |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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20,2 |
18,1 |
16,2 |
14,6 |
15,1 |
18,0 |
20,8 |
23,5 |
24,6 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
18,1 |
17,4 |
20,5 |
24,4 |
22,2 |
12,3 |
21,8 |
5,5 |
11,6 |
15,1 |
23,8 |
25,8 |
30,0 |
**Prices |
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***Trend |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smootned series |
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1,2 |
1,9 |
2,8 |
3,7 |
4,2 |
5,0 |
6,0 |
6,9 |
7,8 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
3,2 |
18,3 |
0,5 |
1,5 |
-0,8 |
0,0 |
3,2 |
4,4 |
4,7 |
4,2 |
8,5 |
1,4 |
11,8 |
***Forecasts |
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****Seasonally adjusted and smoothed series |
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13,7 |
12,3 |
11,5 |
11,7 |
13,6 |
16,8 |
20,4 |
24,2 |
27,8 |
****Seasonally adjusted series |
15,5 |
19,8 |
17,6 |
16,8 |
12,2 |
6,1 |
7,3 |
11,5 |
11,4 |
13,8 |
26,3 |
23,8 |
25,1 |
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