Economic Highlights
January 17,2018 Activities within the construction sector for the Euro area (EA19) and EU28 increased for November 2017 when compared with October 2017. The latest data by Eurostat, the statistical office of the Eurozone, reflected a marginal uptick in production in construction for the euro area (0.5%) and EU28 (0.6%) respectively for November 2017, when
January 16, 2018. The inflation rate for the month December 2017 inched up to 0.6%, following an upward movement of 0.6% in November 2017, bringing the 2017 calendar year inflation rate to 5.2% according to The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN). The Consumer Price Index for the month rose from 247.3 in November 2017 to
January 16, 2018 The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.1% in December on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported recently. Over the last 12 months, the all items index rose 2.1% before seasonal adjustment. An increase of 0.4% in the shelter index was responsible for approximately
Date: January 15,2018 Household saving rate which is a necessary source of funds for both the Government and the private sector has remain stable in the Euro area for the third quarter of 2017, as reported by the statistical office of European Union, Eurostat. This fact coincides with a reduction in business investment within the
The Eurostat- the statistical office of the Eurozone reported an unemployment rate for November 2017 for the Euro area (EA19) of 8.7%. This represent a slight decrease from the preceding October 2017 unemployment rate of 8.8%, and a 1.1% fall from the corresponding period of November 2016, when unemployment rate was a high of 9.8%.
The statistical office of the European Union has estimated a decrease in annual inflation for the region for December 2017. A recent release by Eurostat states that the statistical office is expecting inflation to fall from 1.5% in November to 1.4% in December. A further break down of the components of inflation reveals that energy
Jamaica’s Net International Reserves (NIR) totaled US$3,208.29 million as at December 2017, reflecting an increase of US$92.07 million relative to the US$3,116.22 million reported as at the end of November 2017 (see figure 1). Changes in the NIR resulted from an increase in Foreign Assets of US$95.57 million to total US$3,781.17 million compared to the US$3,685.59
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, advised that the goods and services deficit for November 2017 was $50.5 billion compared to $48.9 billion, up $1.6 billion. November exports increased 4.4 billion to totaled $200.2 billion, while imports totaled $250.7 billion, $6.0 billion above October 2017
For the period of April 2017 to November 2017, the GOJ reported Total Revenues & Grants of $336.59 billion, $13.04 billion more than the government’s projection. Furthermore, year over year, this represents an increase of approximately 10.7% relative to the $304.10 billion recorded for the corresponding period in 2016. ‘Tax Revenue,’ ’Capital Revenue’ and ‘Grants’
The US unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.1% despite US total nonfarm payroll employment increasing by 148,000 according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Majority of the gains in employment occurred in the manufacturing, construction and health industry. Data revealed the unemployment rate was 4.1% for the third consecutive month as seen in the
