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Unemployment Rate
- Balance of Payments
- Capital and Financial Account
- Consumer Confidence Indicator
- Current Account
- Economic Sentiment Indicator
- Gross Domestic Product
- Harmonized Index of Consumer Price
- IFO Business Climate
- Industrial Confidence Indicator
- Labor Cost Index
- Money Supply Growth
- PMI Manufacturing
- PMI Services
- Purchasing Managers Index
- Refinancing Tender Rate
- Retail Trade Confidence Indicator
- Unemployment Rate
- ZEW Survey
Unemployment Rate
The unemployment rate is the percentage of working-age population who are actively looking for a job but can't find it. A low or falling unemployment rate is associated with increased expenditure, given that more people are employed and have incoming wages.
This is a significant indicator of economic activity in a region, particularly because it is released earlier than the GDP. However, it receives less attention, because the corresponding figures for member countries are released before the aggregate rate for the Eurozone.
- Release Frequency: monthly.
- Release Schedule: 09:00 GMT, two months after the reporting period, the first week of the month.
- Source: Eurostat.