The 0.3% decrease in industrial producer prices in total industry in the euro area in April 2016, compared with March 2016, is due to price falls of 1.1% in the energy sector and of 0.1% for non-durable consumer goods

Exports were the largest contributor to real GDP growth in the first quarter, up 1.7% following a 0.4% decline in the previous quarter

Looking at the main components of euro area inflation, services is expected to have the highest annual rate in May (1.0%, compared with 0.9% in April), followed by food, alcohol & tobacco (0.8%, stable compared with April)

The euro area seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 10.2% in April 2016, stable compared with March 2016, and down from 11.0% in April 2015

The three northernmost counties have the highest percentage of employed persons in public administration. The lowest share is found in Oslo.

In the European Union (EU), household electricity prices rose by 2.4% on average between the second half of 2014 and the second half of 2015 to reach €21.1 per 100 kWh

At 537.1 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are at historically high levels for this time of year

In March 2016, compared with February 2016, based on seasonally adjusted data, the surplus of the goods account increased (+€15.0 bn compared with +€8.7 bn) and the deficit of the secondary income account decreased (-€7.6 bn compared with -€9.1 bn)

The largest upward impacts to euro area annual inflation came from restaurants & cafés (+0.13 percentage points), rents (+0.08 pp) and tobacco (+0.05 pp)

n January to March 2016, euro area exports of goods to the rest of the world fell to €485.8 bn (a decrease of 1% compared with January-March 2015) and imports fell to €432.0 bn

The decrease of 0.8% in industrial production in the euro area in March 2016, compared with February 2016, is due to production of non-durable consumer goods falling by 1.9%

Immigrants of Icelandic citizenship came mostly from Denmark, Norway or Sweden, 440 out of 600, while Poland was the country of origin for most of the foreign immigrants, 610 out of 1,650

Compared to April 2015, goods were 1.2% cheaper, while the prices of services remained on the same level. Regulated prices of goods and services have fallen by 2.8% and non-regulated prices have stayed on the same level as in April of the previous year

Looking at the main components of euro area inflation, services is expected to have the highest annual rate in April (1.0%, compared with 1.4% in March)

Eurostat estimates that 21.419 million men and women in the EU28, of whom 16.437 million were in the euro area, were unemployed in March 2016

Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, seasonally adjusted GDP rose by 1.6% in the euro area

In addition, the share of early leavers from education and training (aged 18-24) has steadily decreased in the EU, from 17.0% in 2002 to 11.0% in 2015

US commercial crude oil inventories increased by 2.1 million barrels during the week ending April 15, 2016, from the previous week

In February 2016 compared with February 2015, industrial production increased by 0.8% in both the euro area and the EU28

In March transport prices in Georgia posted a 0.8 percent decline, contributing -0.10 percentage points to the overall inflation rate

The euro area seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 10.3% in February 2016, down from 10.4% in January 2016, and from 11.2% in February 2015

However, this average masks significant gaps between EU Member States, with the lowest hourly labour cost recorded in Bulgaria (€4.1), and the highest in Denmark (€41.3)

Euro area annual inflation up to -0.1% in March 2016

The Monetary Committee is of the opinion that despite the signs of an increase in the inflation environment, the risks to achieving the inflation target and to growth remain high

In February 2016, the number of employed persons in Finland was 2,382,000, which was 10,000 lower than a year earlier

The first estimate for euro area exports of goods to the rest of the world in January 2016 was €145.3 billion, a decrease of 2% compared with January 2015 (€148.0 bn)

The increase of 3.6% in production in construction in the euro area in January 2016, compared with December 2015, is due to building construction rising by 4.1% and civil engineering by 1.7%

In January, Latvia exported goods in the amount of EUR 711.0 million, but imported – in the amount of EUR 820.8 million

The unemployment rate rose by 0.1 percentage points for the third consecutive month, reaching 7.3% for the first time since March 2013

Over the whole year 2015, GDP rose by 1.6% in the euro area and by 1.9% in the EU28, compared with 0.9% and 1.4% respectively in 2014

The number of Syrians seeking international protection has doubled in 2015 compared with the previous year to reach 362 800

In January 2016 compared with December 2015, the seasonally adjusted volume of retail trade increased by 0.4% in the euro area and by 0.8% in the EU28

This is the lowest rate recorded in the euro area since August 2011

In January 2016, negative annual rates were observed in ten Member States. The lowest annual rates were registered in Poland (-1.7%), Romania (-1.5%) and Cyprus (-1.1%).

In comparison with the previous year industrial production in Switzerland declined in October by 0.6%, in November by 6.5%, and in December by 5.3%

In January 2015, the employment rate in Finland, that is, the proportion of the employed among persons aged 15 to 64, stood at 66.8 per cent, having been 66.7 per cent one year earlier

At 504.1 million barrels, US crude oil inventories are at historically high levels for this time of year