Seasonal adjustment

Public Finance Minister Florin Citu says that his objective is to minimize the negative impact of the global economic crisis on Romania's economy, and that the best measures to this effect have been taken so far, a fact confirmed by official data. "The real economy proves me right! We have taken the best measures for the economy and this is confirmed by official data.

Romania's production in construction was 2.1 percent higher in March 2020 compared to the previous month, the highest advance among EU member states, shows data released on Tuesday by the European statistics office Eurostat. Romania also tops the ranking by the annual growth rate of the construction sector, with 28.1 percent this March.

Greece's jobless rate rose to 19.2 percent in January-to-March from 18.7 percent in the fourth quarter, data by the country's statistics service ELSTAT showed on Thursday.

Romania's economic growth over the first nine months of 2018 was 4.2pct, both in unadjusted terms and seasonally adjusted, compared with the same period of 2017; compared with Q2 2018, Q3 2018 economic growth was 1.9pct higher in real terms, according to data with the National Institute of Statistics (INS) released on Wednesday.

Greece's jobless rate dropped to 19.0 percent in April-to-June from 21.2 percent in the first quarter, data from the country's statistics service ELSTAT showed on Thursday.

About 72.1 percent of Greece's 906,000 jobless are long-term unemployed, meaning they have been out of work for at least 12 months, the figures showed.

Greece's jobless rate stayed unchanged at 21.2 percent in January-to-March from the fourth quarter of 2017, data from the country's statistics service ELSTAT showed on Thursday.

About 68.4 percent of Greece's 1.001 million jobless are long-term unemployed, meaning they have been out of work for at least 12 months, the figures showed.

Greece's jobless rate rose by a full percentage point to 21.2 percent in October-to-December from 20.2 percent in the third quarter, data from the country's statistics service ELSTAT showed on Thursday.

About 71.8 percent of Greece's 1.006 million jobless are long-term unemployed, meaning they have been out of work for at least 12 months, the figures showed.

The Production Index in Industry in January 2016 recorded an increase of 4.6% compared with January 2015, according to working day adjusted data, as an announcement of Hellenic Statistical Authority says.

In January 2015, the annual rate of change of the IPI was 0.1%.

In October 2015 compared with September 2015, the seasonally adjusted volume of retail trade decreased by 0.1% in the euro area (EA19) and remained stable in the EU28, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In September retail trade fell by 0.1% and rose by 0.3% respectively.

In the second quarter of 2015, the business investment rate was 22.3% in the euro area, compared with 22.0% in the previous quarter.

The business profit share in the euro area was 40.0% in the second quarter of 2015, stable compared with the first quarter of 2015.