The short-term outlook for the manufacturing, retail trade and services sectors in Romania is ‘relatively stable’, according to the country’s National Institute of Statistics (INSSE).
Slovenia has ended 2023 with an average annual inflation rate of 7.4%, while consumer prices grew by 4.2% for the year.
Consumer confidence rose for the fourth month in a row in Slovakia in December 2023, according to data from the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic.
Poland’s resident population is set to decrease by 12.7% between 2022 and 2060, new data from Statistics Poland has revealed.
In November 2023, Malta’s annual inflation rate, according to the latest Retail Price Index from the country’s National Statistics Office, stood at 3.6%.
Energy production in Luxembourg is still highly reliant on carbon-based fuels, new data has shown, with oil and petroleum products accounting for 62% of the country’s energy.
Retail trade turnover fell by 2.4% in Latvia in November 2023 on a year-on-year basis, new data has shown.
Consumer confidence in the Finnish economy is ‘gloomy’, although it has shown signs of improvement, according to Kaupan Liitto.
Sweden generated the highest percentage of energy from renewable resources in the EU in 2022.
A study by Forbes Advisor has claimed that German consumers have the worst diet in Europe, consuming the second-highest amount of fat and drinking the third-highest amount of alcohol.
