Charts of the Week
At least once a week, we present interesting and relevant data released by domestic institutions (Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, Bank of Slovenia, etc.). On the basis of data by international institutions (for example, Eurostat, the European Central Bank and Euribor.org), we also prepare an overview of key macroeconomic indicators for the euro area.
Current economic trends from 11 to 15 May 2020: production volume in manufacturing, construction, registered unemployment, traffic of electronically tolled vehicles and others
The coronavirus epidemic and measures to contain its spread in Slovenia and EU countries significantly affected the decline in goods and services trade, manufacturing output and construction in March. As a result of lower activity, registered…
Current economic trends from 4 to 8 May 2020: registered unemployment, exports and imports of goods, electricity consumption and traffic of electronically tolled vehicles
Growth in the number of registered unemployed persons, which was extremely high particularly in the first half of April, has slowed in recent weeks. As a result of the coronavirus epidemic and measures to contain its spread, goods trade with the EU…
Current economic trends from 28 to 30 April 2020: electricity consumption, traffic of electronically tolled vehicles on Slovenian motorways, consumer prices and yields to maturity of 10-year government bonds
After Easter, freight traffic on Slovenian motorways started to increase again, which is also a consequence of the relaxation of measures to stem the coronavirus in some countries. In the second half of April, however, it was still around a quarter…
Current economic trends from 20 to 24 April 2020: economic sentiment, electricity consumption, transport by electronically tolled vehicles, Slovenian industrial producer prices and others
Economic sentiment fell sharply in April under the impact of the coronavirus epidemic and the measures to contain its spread. Confidence in most sectors was lower than at the time of the economic and financial crisis ten years ago; expectations…
Current economic trends from 14 to 17 April 2020: labour market, electricity consumption, freight transport on Slovenian motorways and others
We have extended the overview of current economic trends to data which additionally indicate the impact of the coronavirus epidemic on economic activity in Slovenia. After the adoption of measures, registered unemployment started to rise in…
Current economic trends from 6 to 10 April 2020: exports and imports of goods, production volume in manufacturing and Slovenian industrial producer prices
February’s data on production volume in manufacturing and on goods trade do not yet show any noticeable impact of the coronavirus, as it only started to spread in Europe. In the first two months of this year, both production and goods exports and…
Current economic trends from 23 March to 3 April 2020: economic sentiment, prices, oil prices, bond yields and others
Some of the commented data do not yet cover the period when the coronavirus broke out in Slovenia and other EU countries and mostly indicate favourable developments in service activities at the beginning of this year. According to the first data…
Current economic trends from 9 to 20 March 2020: exports and imports of goods, production volume in manufacturing, construction, current account, labour market and wages
The commented data do not yet cover the period of the coronavirus spread in Italy and other European countries. External trade movements slowed last year amid weak foreign demand and stagnation in manufacturing production; similar movements…
Current economic trends from 24 to 28 February 2020: GDP, active and inactive population, prices and others
Economic growth slowed down last year, particularly growth in investment and exports being lower year on year. Amid still relatively favourable labour market conditions, household consumption increased further last year. Most sectors recorded more…
Current economic trend from 17 to 21 February 2020: labour market and wages
Last year’s employment growth mainly reflected the increased hiring of foreign workers, while higher wage growth arose largely from wage rises in the public sector.