CoM | Industrial producer prices rose by 0.2% in the eurozone and by 0.3% in the European Union (EU) in February compared with January 2025, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, and were above the consensus forecast of 0.1%. In January 2025, prices had risen by 0.7% in the eurozone and 0.8% in the EU, according to Eurostat’s latest revision. In year-on-year terms,…
Banca March | In the Eurozone, the money supply has accelerated to its highest level since November 2022: the M3 registered an increase of 4% year-on-year, two tenths above the previous month. This improvement shows greater dynamism in credit, with loans to non-financial companies growing by 2.2%, two tenths more than the previous month, and loans to households also accelerating to a year-on-year increase of 1.5% (against 1.3% previously). These…
Link Securities | The European Commission (EC) has published that, according to the preliminary reading of the data, the Eurozone consumer confidence index fell in March to -14.5 points from -13.6 points in its final reading in February. The consensus of FactSet analysts expected a significantly higher reading of -12.9 points. It should be noted that this indicator has averaged a reading of -10.57 points in the period from 1985…
Link Securities | According to data released by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism, in January Spain’s trade deficit increased to €6.19 billion, compared to €3.73 billion in the same month last year, reaching its highest level since October 2022. In January, exports fell by 1.2%, to €29.78 billion, weighed down by sharp contractions in the automotive sector (21.2%), energy products (15.0%) and capital goods (5.7%). Among the main…
CdM | Eurozone inflation rose by a tenth of a percent in January, bringing the year-on-year rate of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to 2.5%, in line with estimates and the highest increase since July last year, according to the second reading published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU). The rise in inflation was mainly due to the increase in the cost of energy, which rose…
Banca March | Money supply in the euro area slows down in December, with M3 increasing by +3.5% year-on-year compared to +3.9% previously. However, credit data were more positive, as loans to companies and households rebounded: specifically, loans to households grew at a pace of 1.1% (two tenths of a point higher than the previous month), pushed up by loans granted for house purchases (up 1.1%) and those related to…
CdM: The annual inflation rate in the euro area was 2.4% in December 2024, up from 2.2% in November. A year earlier, the rate was 2.9%. Annual inflation in the European Union was 2.7% in December 2024, compared with 2.5% in November. A year earlier, the rate was 3.4%. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. The lowest annual rates were recorded in Ireland…
Link Securities | According to the first estimate of the data, released yesterday by Eurostat, the Eurozone economy generated a trade surplus in goods with the rest of the world of €16.4bn in November, compared to a surplus of €18.2bn generated in the same month in 2023 and up from €8.6bn in October. The FactSet consensus of analysts expected a lower reading of €9.0 billion. Eurozone exports of goods to…
CdM | Industrial producer prices rose by 1.6% in the euro area and by 1.7% across the European Union (EU) in November compared with the previous month, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office. Compared with November 2023, industrial producer prices declined by 1.2 per cent in the euro area and 1.1 per cent in the EU. In the monthly comparison, in the euro area, industrial producer…
Link Securities | The ECB reported yesterday that the monetary aggregate M3 rebounded 3.8% year-on-year in November, accelerating the pace of growth from 3.4% in the previous month and exceeding the 3.5% increase expected by FactSet consensus analysts. The ECB also reported that bank lending to households in the Eurozone rose 0.9% year-on-year in November, accelerating from 0.8% in the previous month. November’s is the fastest pace of growth in…