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This document is available on the English-language website of the Banque de France

www.banque-france.fr

Countries

ISO code

Date of entry into the euro area

Fixed euro conversion rates

France FR 01/01/1999 6.55957

Germany DE 01/01/1999 1.95583

Austria AT 01/01/1999 13.7603

Belgium BE 01/01/1999 40.3399

Cyprus CY 01/01/2008 0.585274

Spain ES 01/01/1999 166.386

Estonia EE 01/01/2011 15.6466

Finland FI 01/01/1999 5.94573

Greece GR 01/01/2001 340.75

Ireland IE 01/01/1999 0.787564

Italy IT 01/01/1999 1,936.27

Latvia LV 01/01/2014 0.702804

Lithuania LT 01/01/2015 3.45280

Luxembourg LU 01/01/1999 40.3399

Malta MT 01/01/2008 0.4293

Netherlands NL 01/01/1999 2.20371

Portugal PT 01/01/1999 200.482

Slovakia SK 01/01/2009 30.126

Slovenia SI 01/01/2007 239.64

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CONTENTS page

GDP: International comparisons .................................................................................... 5 Population, GDP ............................................................................................................. 6 Activity: GDP growth ....................................................................................................... 7 Activity: Industrial production excluding construction ..................................................... 9

Activity: Household confidence indicator ...................................................................... 11 Activity: Industrial confidence indicator ......................................................................... 13 Consumer prices: National indices ............................................................................... 15 Consumer prices: Harmonised indices ......................................................................... 17 Performance indicators within the euro area ................................................................ 19 Price competitiveness of the French economy ............................................................. 21 Public finance ............................................................................................................... 22 Monetary aggregates .................................................................................................... 23 Monetary aggregates – Euro area ................................................................................ 25

The euro exchange rate ............................................................................................... 27

Employment: Unemployment rate ................................................................................ 29

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GDP: International comparisons

GDP 2015 value at purchasing power parities (PPP)

as a %

Emerging and developing economies

Share in the world Share in the advanced economies

France of which Russia

Italy Emerging and

developing EuropeSpain

Sub-Saharan

AfricaOther countries

Emerging and

developing Europe of which Mexico

Sub-Saharan Africa

Share in the Euro area CISA

Germany

Middle East,

North Africa

of with Mexico

of which IndiaMiddle East,

North Africa

CIS

LACA

of which Russia of which Brazil

Developing AsiaH Other advanced

economies

of which China Share in the emerging and

developing economiesof which India

Developing AsiaLAC

of which Brazilof which China

JapanUnited Kingdom

United KingdomCanada

Other advanced

economies Canada

of which Franceof which France

of which Italy

of which Italy

of which Spain

of which SpainJapanA

Advanced economies

United States United Sates

Euro area Euro area

of which Germanyof which Germany

15.8

12.0

3.4

2.3

1.9

1.4

4.2

2.4

1.4

6.6

30.8

17.3

7.0

8.2

2.8

2.0

7.6

4.6

3.3

3.3

3.1

37.2

28.2

8.0

5.5

4.5

3.3

10.0

5.6

3.4

15.6

53.5

30.0

12.2

14.3

4.9

3.4

13.1

8.0

5.7

5.7

5.425.0

11.7

15.8

19.2

28.3

42.4

57.6

Advanced economies (39 countries): Canada, United States, Japan, United Kingdom, euro area (19 countries), other economies (16 countries): Australia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hong Kong SAR, Iceland, Israel, Korea, Macao SAR, New Zealand, Norway, Puerto Rico, San Marino, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan. Emerging and developing economies (152 countries): Sub-Saharan Africa (45 countries), Emerging and developing Europe (12 countries included Turkey), Developing Asia (29 countries), Middle East and North Africa (22 countries, Afghanistan and Pakistan included), LAC (32 countries of Latin America an the Caribbean), CIS (12 countries, Turkmenistan included). The country composition of WEO groups is on the “imf.org” website in the World Economic Outlook Database. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2016). Produced on 3 April 2017

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Population, GDP

GDP per head of population 2015 in euro PPP

Euro area

European Union (extra euro area)

European Commission (AMECO) forecasts

41,820

30,700

30,400

28,870

76,150

51,120

37,010

36,910

35,830

34,250

31,550

30,610

27,760

26,690

25,930

23,870

23,530

22,330

22,170

21,640

21,580

19,610

18,560

36,580

35,700

31,190

25,200

19,790

19,740

16,740

16,460

13,580

United States

Euro area

Japan

European Union

Luxembourg

Ireland

Netherlands

Austria

Germany

Belgium

Finland

France

Italy

Malta

Spain

Slovenia

Cyprus

Slovakia

Portugal

Estonia

Lithuania

Greece

Latvia

Denmark

Sweden

United Kingdom

Czech Republic

Poland

Hungary

Croatia

Romania

Bulgaria

GDP data are converted to euro using purchasing power parity rates (PPP), in order to eliminate differences in price levels between countries. Sources: Eurostat, European Commission. Produced on 3 April 2017

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Activity: GDP growth

GDP at chain-linked, previous-year prices, seasonally and working day adjusted

2014 2015 2016 2015 2016

Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4Q4

France 0.7 1.2 1.1 0.2 0.6 -0.1 0.2 0.4

Germany 1.6 1.5 1.8 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.1 0.4

Austria 0.8 0.8 1.5 0.4 0.6 0.1 0.6 0.6

Belgium 1.7 1.5 1.2 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.5

Cyprus -1.5 1.7 2.8 0.7 0.3 1.2 0.7 0.7

Spain 1.4 3.2 3.2 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7

Estonia 2.7 1.5 1.7 0.9 -0.3 0.8 0.5 1.9

Finland -0.6 0.3 1.4 0.6 0.7 -0.2 0.5 0.1

Greece 0.4 -0.3 -0.1 1.9 -0.7 0.3 0.6 -1.2

Ireland (a) 5.2 7.8 2.7 na na na

Italy 0.2 0.7 1.0 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.2

Latvia 2.2 2.6 1.3 -0.5 0.2 0.6 0.3 1.1

Lithuania 3.5 1.8 2.2 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.5 1.4

Luxembourg 4.7 3.5 3.5 -0.5 1.8 -0.1

Malta 8.3 7.4 5.1 1.6 0.8 0.7 1.8 1.7

Netherlands 1.4 2.0 2.1 0.2 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.6

Portugal 0.9 1.6 1.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.9 0.7

Slovakia (a) 2.6 3.8 3.3 1.0 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.8

Slovenia 2.9 2.0 2.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 1.0 1.2

Euro area 1.2 1.9 1.7 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.4

Bulgaria 1.5 3.6 3.4 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.9

Croatia -0.5 1.6 2.6 -0.2 0.8 0.9 1.2 0.6

Denmark 1.7 1.6 1.3 -0.2 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.5

Hungary 3.9 3.1 1.8 0.9 -0.3 1.0 0.3 0.4

Poland 3.3 3.9 2.8 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.4 1.7

Romania (a) 3.2 4.0 4.8 0.9 1.3 1.5 0.5 1.3

United Kingdom 3.1 2.2 1.8 0.7 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.7

Sweden 2.7 3.8 3.1 1.2 0.3 0.6 0.3 1.0

Czech Republic 2.7 4.6 2.3 0.3 0.4 0.9 0.2 0.4

European Union 1.6 2.2 1.8 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5

United States (a) 2.4 2.6 1.6 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.9 0.5

Japan (b) 0.2 1.2 1.0 -0.2 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3

Quarterly changeAnnual average

All growth rates based on ESA 2010 methodology except for United States and Japan. (a) GDP at chain-linked, previous prices, seasonally adjusted. (b) Seasonally adjusted, base year 2000. (c) GDP at chain-linked, previous prices, seasonally adjusted and year-on-year seasonnaly and working day adjusted. (d) trend component. Sources: Eurostat, National data. Produced on 3 April 2017

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Activity: GDP growth

GDP at chain-linked, previous-year prices, seasonally and working day adjusted

France Euro area

Germany United Kingdom

Italy United States (a)

Spain Japan (b)

Histogram: annualised rate of quarterly change; curve: 12-month change

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All growth rates based on ESA 2010 methodology except for United States and Japan. (a) GDP at chain-linked, previous prices, seasonally adjusted. (b) Seasonally adjusted, base year 2000. Sources: Eurostat, National data. Produced on 3 April 2017

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Activity: Industrial production excluding construction

% change

2014 2015 2016 2016 2017 2016 2017

Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb

France (FR) -0.8 1.8 0.2 -1.9 0.2 2.3 -1.1 -0.3 -1.3 -2.0 2.2 1.2 0.4

Germany (DE) 1.3 0.8 1.0 -1.4 0.4 0.4 -2.4 3.3 1.5 1.7 2.4 0.0 0.6

Austria (AT) 1.0 2.1 2.1 -0.2 1.0 1.4 -1.0 -1.2 1.9 2.1 4.4 4.5 -0.1

Belgium (BE) 1.0 0.0 4.3 -2.7 0.9 1.3 4.1 -4.9 1.9 2.2 1.6 10.5 -1.7

Cyprus (CY) -0.7 3.4 7.9 -1.5 2.3 -0.4 2.7 0.2 3.2 7.8 4.2 8.9 7.1

Spain (ES) 1.3 3.4 1.8 -1.2 0.2 1.7 -0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 3.3 2.0 2.7

Estonia (EE) 4.3 0.1 1.8 3.4 0.4 1.3 -1.2 0.2 5.0 4.5 9.2 9.5 6.7

Finland (FI) -1.9 -1.1 2.4 2.8 0.1 -0.2 -1.1 -0.8 4.5 5.4 4.3 0.8 -0.1

Greece (GR) -2.0 1.0 2.6 -2.3 4.9 -1.1 2.7 2.5 -0.1 7.2 2.2 2.7 7.4

Ireland (IE) 20.9 36.9 0.7 6.6 -2.1 14.4 -9.6 3.4 -0.4 -4.7 13.3 0.8 -8.6

Italy (IT) -0.7 1.1 1.7 -0.8 0.0 0.7 1.4 -2.3 2.0 1.2 3.3 6.8 -0.5

Latvia (LV) -0.9 3.6 4.9 1.7 2.6 2.5 0.2 -2.8 2.4 7.0 11.2 11.5 4.7

Lithuania (LT) 0.3 4.6 2.8 4.1 0.2 0.6 1.2 0.4 1.1 8.2 1.1 2.5 6.0 6.9 5.8

Luxembourg (LU) 4.5 1.0 -0.3 2.7 -3.2 -2.1 6.5 -9.2 2.9 -3.8 -9.0 2.5 -11.8

Malta (MT) -5.7 6.3 -3.6 0.8 -2.1 2.6 1.8 -1.3 -1.6 -6.6 -0.3 3.1 5.6

Netherlands (NL) -2.9 -3.4 2.0 1.6 -1.3 3.3 0.1 -1.7 5.4 1.7 6.4 8.1 3.8

Portugal (PT) 1.8 1.7 1.0 -2.6 2.8 -0.7 0.2 0.0 -0.3 0.3 -0.9 2.1 4.9 3.8 2.0

Slovakia (SK) 3.5 7.4 4.7 -0.7 0.1 0.7 1.2 0.7 4.1 3.4 3.1 5.8 7.6

Slovenia (SI) 1.7 5.1 7.4 1.7 -0.8 1.1 1.2 -1.7 8.4 7.3 8.4 11.2 3.3

Euro area 0.9 2.1 1.4 -0.8 0.2 1.5 -1.2 0.9 1.3 0.9 3.3 2.5 0.6

Bulgaria (BG) 1.8 2.6 2.6 1.2 -1.1 1.0 1.7 -3.9 5.2 2.6 3.6 5.8 -1.2

Croatia (HR) 1.2 2.5 5.0 2.6 1.7 2.7 3.9 -6.8 1.9 1.7 7.2 14.9 4.0

Denmark (DK) 0.8 1.2 3.6 -7.6 10.0 1.4 1.3 -4.6 -3.2 7.7 11.3 10.3 0.6

Hungary (HU) 7.2 7.1 0.6 -2.9 2.2 0.8 0.4 -0.1 -3.6 -1.8 0.7 1.9 1.6

Poland (PL) 3.2 4.5 3.1 -0.2 -0.9 2.0 1.6 0.0 0.6 3.3 0.8 3.1 4.5 4.3 4.9

Romania (RO) 6.3 3.0 1.3 0.8 -0.8 1.0 1.6 -0.5 3.5 2.0 2.9 5.8 5.2

United Kingdom (GB) 1.4 1.3 1.6 -0.3 -1.2 2.3 0.9 -0.4 0.3 -1.4 2.2 7.3 4.6

Sweden (SE) -1.7 3.2 1.2 7.6 -2.7 1.3 -0.4 1.1 1.5 -1.8 -0.3 1.1 0.9

Czech Republic (CZ) 5.0 4.8 2.3 -1.6 -0.3 1.8 -2.1 3.5 2.8 0.7 4.5 2.7 4.3

European Union (a) 1.2 2.2 1.6 -0.7 0.1 1.6 -0.7 0.5 1.2 0.6 3.2 3.3 1.3

United States (b) 1.2 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.5 -0.1 -0.1 0.2 0.6 0.6 1.3

Japan (b) 2.1 -1.2 -0.5 0.6 0.0 1.5 0.7 -0.4 2.0 1.4 0.2 2.9 4.9 1.9 9.7

Annual average

(wda)

Monthly change

(sa-wda)

12-month change

(wda)

Wda: working day adjusted data. (a) For European Countries, Euro area and European Union, NACE Rev2. Source: Eurostat. (b) Seasonally adjusted data. Sources: National data, ECB. Produced on 3 April 2017

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Activity: Industrial production excluding construction

working day and seasonally adjusted data, indices 100 = 2010

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Activity: Household confidence indicator

balance of opinions

2016 2017

Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar

France (FR) 0.14 -0.03 0.86 0.69 0.54 0.35 0.62 0.45 0.93 0.98 1.18 1.03 1.03

Germany (DE) 0.16 0.32 0.49 0.66 0.61 0.57 0.52 0.57 0.71 0.76 0.86 0.61 0.86

Austria (AT) -1.16 -1.36 -1.10 -0.77 -0.69 -0.76 -0.99 -0.80 -0.75 -0.12 -0.01 0.12 0.13

Belgium (BE) 0.05 -0.08 -0.11 0.08 0.32 0.49 -0.31 -0.81 -0.10 0.15 0.67 0.28 0.74

Cyprus (CY) 1.50 2.10 1.76 2.15 2.02 2.13 2.18 2.45 2.59 2.60 2.63 2.44 2.58

Spain (ES) 0.74 0.81 0.93 0.99 0.68 0.73 0.54 0.77 1.01 0.96 0.98 0.86 1.01

Estonia (EE) 0.04 0.19 0.51 0.48 0.66 0.67 0.77 0.87 0.85 0.87 0.99 0.98 0.96

Finland (FI) -0.43 -0.33 -0.26 0.39 0.33 0.82 0.89 1.20 1.20 1.64 1.67 1.38 1.77

Greece (GR) -1.90 -2.00 -1.90 -1.68 -1.74 -1.80 -1.55 -1.42 -1.61 -1.47 -1.66 -1.98 -2.04

Ireland (IE) 1.17 1.21 1.30 1.36 0.88 1.08 0.97 0.97 0.88 0.91 0.98 0.95

Italy (IT) 1.01 1.08 1.07 0.37 0.51 0.30 0.33 0.41 0.39 0.60 0.30 0.11 0.22

Latvia (LV) 0.61 0.73 0.69 0.68 0.68 0.59 0.79 0.39 0.31 -0.15 -0.06 0.01 0.23

Lithuania (LT) 0.50 0.46 0.24 0.51 0.45 0.42 0.49 0.66 0.84 0.75 0.55 0.37 0.25

Luxembourg (LU) 1.33 1.07 1.49 1.52 1.27 1.65 1.04 0.86 1.55 1.77 1.63 1.42 2.11

Malta (MT) 1.40 1.33 1.70 1.55 1.57 1.50 1.60 1.69 1.67 1.53 1.42 1.68 1.63

Netherlands (NL) -0.43 -0.08 -0.13 0.35 0.16 0.27 0.60 0.63 0.80 1.02 1.08 1.37 1.28

Portugal (PT) 0.71 0.73 0.74 0.58 0.63 0.60 0.70 0.83 1.07 1.25 1.12 1.26 1.44

Slovakia (SK) 1.00 1.09 1.24 1.20 1.09 1.08 1.31 1.36 1.21 1.36 1.26 1.27 1.24

Slovenia (SI) 0.14 0.51 0.37 0.45 0.87 0.86 0.94 1.20 1.36 1.23 2.05 1.55 1.50

Euro area 0.36 0.42 0.73 0.70 0.61 0.53 0.57 0.59 0.84 0.99 1.03 0.84 1.01

Bulgaria (BG) 0.55 0.59 0.56 0.84 1.11 0.92 1.19 0.84 1.08 1.39 1.39 1.51 1.13

Croatia (HR) 1.36 1.28 1.06 0.99 0.77 0.64 1.22 1.36 1.39 1.55 1.34 1.67 1.57

Denmark (DK) 0.29 0.43 0.24 0.34 0.09 0.40 0.25 0.29 0.14 0.20 0.58 0.76 0.80

Hungary (HU) 0.63 0.86 1.03 0.96 1.22 1.00 1.02 0.92 1.19 1.26 1.44 1.40 1.44

Poland (PL) 0.99 1.49 1.13 1.14 1.19 1.26 1.41 1.34 1.17 1.20 1.38 1.24 1.38

Romania (RO) 0.69 0.91 0.83 0.74 0.73 0.75 0.71 0.90 1.12 0.93 1.30 1.23 1.51

United kingdom (GB) 1.07 1.05 0.78 0.82 -0.08 0.11 0.76 0.58 0.18 0.44 0.38 0.47 0.47

Sweden (SE) -0.01 -0.15 -0.15 0.11 -0.06 -0.10 0.38 0.44 0.38 0.61 0.69 0.64 0.83

Czech Republic (CZ) 1.36 1.27 1.27 1.32 1.07 1.21 1.38 1.53 1.59 1.56 1.71 1.71 1.72

European Union 0.59 0.67 0.83 0.81 0.53 0.53 0.72 0.71 0.81 0.99 1.03 0.90 1.04

Source: European Commission. Produced on 3 April 2017

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Activity: Industrial confidence indicator

balance of opinions

2016 2017

Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar

France (FR) 0.38 0.32 0.24 0.15 -0.03 0.01 0.19 0.22 0.24 0.34 0.34 0.52 0.30

Germany (DE) 0.10 0.20 0.29 0.36 0.48 0.25 0.55 0.72 0.58 0.76 0.77 0.78 0.88

Austria (AT) -0.46 -0.41 -0.37 -0.24 -0.24 -0.15 0.08 0.19 0.46 0.24 0.52 0.51 0.64

Belgium (BE) 0.09 0.43 0.28 1.08 0.69 0.29 0.53 0.55 0.49 0.98 0.88 0.43 0.63

Cyprus (CY) 0.07 0.64 0.68 0.45 0.29 1.04 0.14 0.13 0.56 0.28 0.34 0.62 1.22

Spain (ES) 0.72 0.66 0.47 0.67 0.57 0.37 0.58 0.86 0.96 0.62 0.88 1.03 0.78

Estonia (EE) -0.15 -0.24 -0.36 -0.24 -0.13 -0.01 0.21 0.09 -0.02 0.17 0.11 0.48 0.30

Finland (FI) -0.55 -0.84 -1.01 -0.96 -1.02 -0.76 0.04 -0.38 -0.32 0.12 0.21 0.06 0.24

Greece (GR) -0.35 -0.35 -0.74 -0.48 -0.30 -0.08 -0.19 -0.04 -0.35 -0.14 -0.07 -0.08 -0.24

Ireland (IE) nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd nd

Italy (IT) 0.08 0.14 0.16 0.17 0.23 0.06 0.07 0.20 0.07 0.21 0.35 0.47 0.53

Latvia (LV) 0.22 0.30 0.27 0.41 0.30 0.19 0.40 0.36 0.52 0.61 0.55 0.60 0.66

Lithuania (LT) 0.16 -0.09 0.04 -0.13 0.07 0.48 0.53 0.49 0.95 1.12 0.95 0.76 0.55

Luxembourg (LU) -0.21 0.64 0.31 0.51 -0.24 0.00 -0.12 0.14 0.09 0.23 0.98 0.50 0.62

Malta (MT) -0.43 0.05 -0.63 -0.06 0.43 0.72 1.55 1.09 1.45 1.27 1.22 1.16 1.41

Netherlands (NL) 0.41 0.61 0.65 0.88 0.88 0.23 0.48 0.60 0.58 0.85 1.00 1.02 1.07

Portugal (PT) 0.42 0.46 0.55 0.68 0.50 0.32 0.50 0.78 0.84 0.79 0.92 0.92 0.87

Slovakia (SK) 0.51 0.06 -0.02 -0.09 0.77 -0.23 0.18 -0.36 -0.20 0.34 0.68 0.98 0.02

Slovenia (SI) 0.60 0.97 0.61 0.59 0.66 0.81 0.70 0.91 0.84 0.92 0.99 1.17 1.29

Euro area 0.19 0.24 0.23 0.33 0.35 0.17 0.44 0.56 0.51 0.63 0.72 0.77 0.76

Bulgaria (BG) 0.64 0.47 0.31 0.57 0.52 0.47 0.70 0.76 0.91 0.81 0.71 0.72 0.63

Croatia (HR) 1.01 1.21 0.83 1.14 1.10 1.20 1.18 1.34 1.17 1.37 1.55 1.47 2.18

Denmark (DK) -0.75 -0.64 -0.79 -0.09 0.00 -0.57 -0.74 -0.54 -0.58 0.20 -0.30 -0.17 -0.21

Hungary (HU) 0.99 0.65 0.91 1.03 1.48 0.83 0.77 0.63 0.81 0.96 1.04 0.89 0.65

Poland (PL) 0.56 0.46 0.23 0.39 0.37 0.16 0.54 0.49 0.34 0.63 0.68 0.59 0.73

Romania (RO) 0.14 0.23 0.20 0.36 0.33 0.34 0.49 0.31 0.33 0.36 0.38 0.32 0.34

United kingdom (GB) 0.27 0.11 0.51 0.73 0.42 0.48 0.43 0.59 1.09 0.96 1.25 1.43 1.41

Sweden (SE) 1.07 0.63 0.51 0.41 0.24 -0.08 -0.06 0.63 0.96 1.91 1.67 1.60 1.22

Czech Republic (CZ) -0.11 -0.03 0.03 0.00 0.15 0.29 0.23 0.19 0.42 0.42 0.21 0.15 -0.03

European Union 0.24 0.25 0.28 0.40 0.38 0.21 0.43 0.57 0.62 0.76 0.85 0.90 0.88

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FR DE IT Euro area GB

ES GR PT Euro area AT BE LU NL

EE LV LT SI Euro area CY FI MT SK

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Consumer prices: National indices

% change

2014 2015 2016 2016 2017 2016 2017

Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar

France (FR) 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 -0.2 0.1 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.6 1.3 1.2 1.1

Germany (DE) 0.9 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.7 -0.6 0.6 0.2 0.8 0.8 1.7 1.9 2.2 1.6

Austria (AT) 1.7 0.8 0.9 0.2 0.2 0.5 -0.4 0.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 2.0 2.1

Belgium (BE) 0.3 0.6 2.0 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.4 0.2 1.8 1.8 2.0 2.6 3.0 2.3

Cyprus (CY) -1.4 -2.1 -1.4 0.1 -0.1 0.5 -1.1 0.3 -1.2 -1.4 -0.3 0.5 1.7

Spain (ES) -0.2 -0.5 -0.2 1.1 0.4 0.6 -0.5 -0.4 0.0 0.7 0.7 1.6 3.0 3.0 2.3

Estonia (EE) -0.1 -0.5 0.1 -0.3 0.1 0.4 0.4 1.3 0.6 1.0 2.2 2.7 3.4

Finland (FI) 1.1 -0.2 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.2 -0.6 0.5 0.5 0.7 1.0 0.8 1.2

Greece (GR) -1.3 -1.7 -0.8 0.4 -1.2 1.0 -0.8 -0.3 -0.5 -0.9 0.0 1.2 1.3

Ireland (IE) 0.2 -0.3 0.0 -0.5 -0.1 0.0 -0.5 0.6 -0.3 -0.1 0.0 0.3 0.5

Italy (IT) 0.3 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.0 -0.2 0.1 0.5 1.0 1.6 1.4

Latvia (LV) 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.4 1.1 1.3 2.2 2.9 3.2

Lithuania (LT) 0.1 -0.9 0.9 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.7 1.1 2.0 2.5 3.2 3.1

Luxembourg (LU) 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.2 -0.6 1.4 0.5 0.5 1.2 1.7 1.8

Malta (MT) 0.3 1.1 0.6 0.1 0.4 0.7 -1.4 0.2 0.4 0.7 1.1 1.7 1.6

Netherlands (NL) 1.0 0.6 0.3 0.3 -0.3 0.2 -0.4 0.7 0.4 0.6 1.0 1.7 1.8

Portugal (PT) -0.3 0.5 0.6 0.3 -0.5 0.0 -0.6 -0.2 0.9 0.6 0.9 1.3 1.6

Slovakia (SK) -0.1 -0.3 -0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.5 -0.3 -0.2 0.2 0.7 1.2

Slovenia (SI) 0.2 -0.5 -0.1 0.4 0.1 -0.5 -0.6 1.0 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.5 1.3 2.3 1.9

Euro area 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.2 -0.1 0.5 -0.8 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.6 1.1 1.8 2.0 1.5

Bulgaria (BG) -1.4 -0.1 -0.8 0.2 0.0 0.6 1.3 0.0 -0.6 -0.5 0.1 1.4 1.7

Croatia (HR) -0.2 -0.5 -1.1 0.4 0.1 -0.2 -0.1 na -0.7 -0.3 0.2 0.8 na

Denmark (DK) 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.2 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.9 1.0

Hungary (HU) -0.2 -0.1 0.4 0.6 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.4 1.0 1.0 1.8 2.3 2.8

Poland (PL) 0.2 -0.9 -0.7 0.5 0.1 0.7 0.4 0.3 -0.2 0.1 1.0 1.9 2.3

Romania (RO) -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.5 -0.4 0.2 -0.4 0.1 0.1 -0.2 0.1 0.6 0.2

United kingdom (GB) 2.4 1.0 1.9 0.0 0.3 0.6 -0.6 1.1 2.2 2.5 2.7 2.9 3.5

Sweden (SE) -0.2 0.0 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.5 -0.7 0.7 1.2 1.4 1.7 1.4 1.8

Czech Republic (CZ) 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.4 0.8 1.5 1.9 2.2 2.5

European Union 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.5 -0.6 0.3 0.5 0.6 1.2 1.7 1.9

United States (US) 1.6 0.1 1.3 0.1 -0.2 0.0 0.6 0.3 1.6 1.7 2.1 2.5 2.7

Japan (JP) 2.8 0.8 -0.1 0.6 0.0 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.2

Annual average Monthly change 12-month change

Harmonised indices for the euro area and European Union.

Sources: National data, Eurostat. Produced on 3 April 2017

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Consumer prices: National indices

12-month % change

FR DE IT Euro area GB US JP

ES GR IE PT Euro area AT BE LU NL

EE LV LT SI Euro area CY FI MT SK

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Consumer prices: Harmonised indices

% change

2014 2015 2016 2016 2017 2016 2017

Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar

France (FR) 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.8 1.6 1.4 1.4

Germany (DE) 0.8 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.0 1.0 -0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.7 1.9 2.2 1.5

Austria (AT) 1.5 0.8 1.0 0.4 0.1 0.7 -0.6 0.2 1.4 1.5 1.6 2.1 2.4

Belgium (BE) 0.5 0.6 1.8 0.4 -0.1 0.5 -0.9 1.9 1.9 1.7 2.2 3.1 3.3

Cyprus (CY) -0.3 -1.5 -1.2 -0.9 -1.0 0.3 -0.8 0.1 -1.0 -0.8 0.1 0.7 1.4

Spain (ES) -0.2 -0.6 -0.3 0.8 0.2 0.5 -1.0 -0.3 0.5 0.5 1.4 2.9 3.0 2.1

Estonia (EE) 0.5 0.1 0.8 -0.5 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.4 1.0 1.4 2.4 2.8 3.4

Finland (FI) 1.2 -0.2 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.3 -0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 1.1 0.9 1.4

Greece (GR) -1.4 -1.1 0.0 0.4 -1.5 0.4 -0.5 -0.1 0.6 -0.2 0.3 1.5 1.4

Ireland (IE) 0.3 0.0 -0.2 -0.4 -0.1 -0.1 -0.5 0.5 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 0.2 0.3

Italy (IT) 0.2 0.1 -0.1 0.2 -0.2 0.4 -1.7 0.2 1.8 -0.1 0.1 0.5 1.0 1.6 1.3

Latvia (LV) 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.4 1.1 1.2 2.1 2.9 3.2

Lithuania (LT) 0.2 -0.7 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.7 1.1 2.0 2.5 3.2 3.1

Luxembourg (LU) 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.4 -0.6 1.5 0.7 0.6 1.6 2.5 2.7

Malta (MT) 0.8 1.2 0.9 -1.0 -2.2 0.1 -1.1 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.0 1.4 1.2

Netherlands (NL) 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.4 -0.6 0.2 -0.6 0.9 0.3 0.4 0.7 1.6 1.7

Portugal (PT) -0.2 0.5 0.6 0.2 -1.0 0.0 -0.7 -0.2 1.1 0.5 0.9 1.3 1.6

Slovakia (SK) -0.1 -0.3 -0.5 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.5 -0.3 -0.2 0.2 0.9 1.3

Slovenia (SI) 0.4 -0.8 -0.2 0.4 0.1 -0.4 -0.4 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.6 1.5 2.5 2.0

Euro area 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.2 -0.1 0.5 -0.8 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.6 1.1 1.8 2.0 1.5

Bulgaria (BG) -1.6 -1.1 -1.3 -0.1 -0.1 0.8 0.7 0.0 -1.0 -0.8 -0.5 0.4 0.9

Croatia (HR) 0.2 -0.3 -0.6 0.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 0.2 -0.3 0.2 0.7 0.9 1.4

Denmark (DK) 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.3 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.7 0.9

Hungary (HU) 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.3 1.1 1.1 1.8 2.4 2.9

Poland (PL) 0.1 -0.7 -0.2 0.4 0.0 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.9 1.4 1.9

Romania (RO) 1.4 -0.4 -1.1 0.5 0.0 0.3 -0.1 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 -0.1 0.3 0.5

United kingdom (GB) 1.5 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.5 -0.5 na 0.9 1.2 1.6 1.8 na

Sweden (SE) 0.2 0.7 1.1 0.4 0.0 0.5 -0.8 0.7 1.1 1.3 1.7 1.5 1.9

Czech Republic (CZ) 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.8 0.4 0.8 1.6 2.1 2.3 2.6

European Union 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.5 -0.6 0.3 0.5 0.6 1.2 1.7 1.9

United States (US) 1.6 0.1 1.3 0.1 -0.2 0.0 0.6 0.3 1.6 1.7 2.1 2.5 2.7

Japan (JP) 2.8 0.8 -0.1 0.6 0.0 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.2

Annual average Monthly change 12-month change

Harmonised indices except for the United States and Japan.

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Consumer prices: Harmonised indices

12-month % change

Amplitude FR DE IT Euro area GB US JP

ES GR IE PT Euro area AT BE LU NL

EE LV LT SI Euro area CY FI MT SK

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Performance indicators within the euro area

NACE revision 2; % change

Hourly labour cost (a)(b)

2013 2014 2015 2016

Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2

France 1.0 1.2 0.4 0.5 0.4 1.8 1.1 0.7 0.5 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.1 2.3 1.6

Germany 1.9 2.8 1.0 0.3 1.0 0.8 1.9 2.4 2.2 2.8 2.9 2.7 2.9 2.9 1.8

Austria 2.7 3.3 1.6 4.3 2.4 1.8 4.0 1.9 2.9 4.0 2.5 1.6 5.0 1.0 0.9

Belgium 0.9 0.1 2.0 1.9 1.4 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1

Spain 0.1 0.2 0.2 1.1 0.0 0.0 1.0 -0.2 -0.3 0.6 -0.2 -0.3 0.7 0.5 -0.1

Finland (c) 1.7 1.4 1.7 1.1 1.1 1.8 3.1 0.9 0.6 2.3 1.5 0.9 1.0 1.6 -2.4

Greece -0.7 na -8.0 -3.3 -4.7 -1.9 -2.4 2.4 -0.8 -6.4 -7.3 na -3.1 -1.6

Ireland 0.5 1.0 0.7 -0.5 1.8 1.5 0.6 -0.1 0.1 0.6 1.6 2.0 -0.3 2.1 0.6

Italy 0.5 -0.1 2.2 1.5 2.3 0.7 0.9 0.8 -0.1 1.4 -0.7 -0.2 -0.7 -2.0 -1.5

Luxembourg 3.2 0.6 2.8 2.8 3.3 3.8 5.2 3.5 0.7 1.1 1.3 0.3 -0.2 1.3 -0.8

Netherlands 1.3 0.6 0.9 2.6 0.1 0.2 1.3 0.3 3.3 1.4 1.3 0.1 -0.6 1.5 0.2

Portugal -1.0 2.8 4.7 -1.5 -3.7 3.4 -1.6 -1.7 -3.5 4.5 2.3 2.5 2.3 -1.2 1.6

Slovenia 2.4 1.4 -5.6 0.8 2.5 2.7 3.0 2.4 1.5 3.5 2.4 -0.8 0.5 -0.9 0.1

Euro area 1.3 1.6 1.1 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.6 1.3 1.2 1.9 1.6 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.0

Houry wage cost (b)

2013 2014 2015 2016

Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2

France 1.7 1.6 2.1 2.0 1.9 2.4 1.8 1.5 1.1 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.5

Germany 1.9 3.0 1.0 0.3 1.0 1.6 1.6 2.2 2.0 2.8 3.5 2.9 2.7 2.8 1.1

Austria 2.9 3.5 1.6 4.2 2.2 1.9 4.0 2.1 3.2 4.2 2.6 1.8 5.1 0.8 0.8

Belgium 0.9 0.1 1.9 2.0 1.5 1.1 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4

Spain 0.5 0.8 0.0 0.6 -0.4 0.1 1.2 0.4 0.3 1.9 0.1 0.1 1.1 0.8 0.0

Finland (c) 1.5 1.2 1.9 1.2 1.3 1.7 2.9 0.8 0.4 2.0 1.3 0.8 0.7 1.2 -2.8

Greece -1.0 na -11.1 -8.9 -13.0 -4.4 -4.0 4.0 0.3 -4.2 -6.3 na -2.5 -1.2

Ireland 1.0 1.1 0.6 -0.2 0.8 2.3 0.1 -0.4 2.0 0.3 1.6 2.3 0.1 2.5 0.8

Italy 0.4 0.6 2.0 1.1 1.9 0.4 0.8 0.7 -0.2 1.8 0.0 0.4 0.2 -0.7 -0.6

Luxembourg 3.4 0.7 2.8 2.7 3.5 4.0 5.3 3.7 0.7 1.2 1.4 0.3 -0.1 1.4 -0.6

Netherlands -0.3 2.6 0.3 1.7 1.2 -0.8 0.0 -0.9 0.3 3.9 2.9 2.0 1.5 1.7 0.3

Portugal -1.1 3.0 3.7 -2.7 -4.2 2.5 -1.4 -1.4 -3.6 4.8 2.8 2.7 2.1 -0.6 2.0

Slovenia 2.6 1.0 -5.7 0.9 2.6 3.4 3.0 2.4 1.4 2.4 2.5 -0.9 0.0 -1.1 -0.6

Euro area 1.3 2.1 1.4 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.1 2.4 2.2 1.8 1.9 1.6 0.8

2014 2015 2016

2014 2015 2016

Annual average 4-quarterly change

Annual average 4-quarterly change

(a) In addition to employees’ gross earnings, total labour costs include indirect costs such as employers’ social contributions and taxes connected to the

employment. (b) Whole economy excluding agriculture, fishing and government sectors. (c) Unadjusted. Source: Eurostat. Produced on 3 April 2017

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Performance indicators within the euro area

NACE revision 2; % change

Hourly labour cost; 4-quarterly change (a)(b)

France Germany Spain Euro area Belgium Italy Netherlands

Hourly wage cost; 4-quarterly change (b)

France Germany Spain Euro area Belgium Italy Netherlands

-3

-2

-1

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Q109

Q110

Q111

Q112

Q113

Q114

Q115

Q116

-3

-2

-1

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Q109

Q110

Q111

Q112

Q113

Q114

Q115

Q116

-2

0

2

4

6

8

Q109

Q110

Q111

Q112

Q113

Q114

Q115

Q116

-2

0

2

4

6

8

Q109

Q110

Q111

Q112

Q113

Q114

Q115

Q116

(a) In addition to employees’ gross earnings, total labour costs include indirect costs such as employers’ social contributions and taxes connected to the

employment. (b) Whole economy excluding agriculture, fishing and government sectors. Source: Eurostat. Produced on 3 April 2017

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Price competitiveness of the French economy Indicators deflated by consumer prices

1st quarter 1999 = 100

relative to Monetary Union partners

Nominal exchange rate Indicators deflated by consummer prices

relative to European Union partners

Nominal exchange rate Indicators deflated by consummer prices

relative to industrial countries

Nominal exchange rate Indicators deflated by consummer prices

last value: 02/2017

Competitiveness

improvement

Competitiveness

improvement

Competitiveness

improvement

90

95

100

105

110

01/99 01/00 01/01 01/02 01/03 01/04 01/05 01/06 01/07 01/08 01/09 01/10 01/11 01/12 01/13 01/14 01/15 01/16 01/17

90

95

100

105

110

01/99 01/00 01/01 01/02 01/03 01/04 01/05 01/06 01/07 01/08 01/09 01/10 01/11 01/12 01/13 01/14 01/15 01/16 01/17

90

95

100

105

110

01/99 01/00 01/01 01/02 01/03 01/04 01/05 01/06 01/07 01/08 01/09 01/10 01/11 01/12 01/13 01/14 01/15 01/16 01/17

Euro area = 17. European Union = 28. Sources: ECB, OECD, IMF, Thomson-Reuters (Datastream), national data – Banque de France calculations. Produced on 3 April 2017

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Public finance

Produced Directorate General Statistics. Sources: INSEE, Eurostat, European Commission (European Economic Forecast, Spring 2016). Produced on 3 April 2017

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Monetary aggregates

seasonally adjusted data, 12-month % change

2016 2017

Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb

Euro area (a)

M1 10.4 10.3 9.7 9.1 8.8 8.6 8.6 8.4 8.0 8.5 8.8 8.4 8.4

M3 5.1 5.2 4.8 4.9 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.1 4.5 4.8 5.0 4.8 4.7

United Kingdom

Currency

in circulation 5.9 5.7 7.5 7.5 7.2 8.2 8.3 9.0 8.9 8.6 8.3 8.7 8.4

M4 2.2 1.5 1.0 1.8 3.6 3.9 5.5 6.2 6.6 6.4 6.2 7.0 5.7

United States

M1 4.0 5.2 6.7 8.6 7.6 6.9 9.6 9.4 10.7 8.8 8.0 9.4 8.1

M2 5.7 6.1 6.5 6.8 6.9 7.0 7.2 7.2 7.6 7.3 7.1 6.6 6.4

Japan

M1 5.0 5.7 6.9 7.0 7.2 7.6 7.7 8.1 8.4 8.9 9.3 9.7 9.6

M3 2.6 2.6 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.8 3.0 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.6

(a) Growth rates have been calculated from monthly differences in levels adjusted for seasonal and working-day variations and changes which do not arise

from transactions (reclassifications, changes in the scope of the MFI sector, write-offs, exchange rate variations and other valuation effects). Sources: National central banks, ECB, Thomson-Reuters (Datastream). Produced on 3 April 2017

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Monetary aggregates

seasonally adjusted data, 12-month % change

Euro area (a) United Kingdom

M1 Currency in circulation

M3 M4

M3 as a centred 3-month moving average

M3 reference value

United States Japan (b)

M1 M2 M1 M3

last value: 02/2017

-6

-4

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2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

22

01/99 01/01 01/03 01/05 01/07 01/09 01/11 01/13 01/15 01/17-6

-4

-2

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

22

01/99 01/01 01/03 01/05 01/07 01/09 01/11 01/13 01/15 01/17

-6

-4

-2

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

22

01/99 01/01 01/03 01/05 01/07 01/09 01/11 01/13 01/15 01/17

-6

-4

-2

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

22

01/99 01/01 01/03 01/05 01/07 01/09 01/11 01/13 01/15 01/17

(a) Growth rates have been calculated from monthly differences in levels adjusted for seasonal and working-day variations and changes which do not arise

from transactions (reclassifications, changes in the scope of the MFI sector, write-offs, exchange rate variations and other valuation effects). (b) Series backcasted to April 2003 according to the new methodology for compiling monetary aggregates. Sources: National central banks, ECB, Thomson-Reuters (Datastream). Produced on 3 April 2017

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Monetary aggregates – Euro area Data adjusted for seasonal and working-day variations

annual growth rate (a)

2016 2017

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb

M1 10.5 10.4 10.3 9.7 9.1 8.8 8.6 8.6 8.4 8.0 8.5 8.8 8.4 8.4

M2-M1 -2.5 -2.4 -2.2 -2.3 -1.8 -1.3 -1.2 -1.3 -1.0 -1.5 -1.9 -2.6 -2.2 -2.1

M2 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.6 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.8

M3-M2 -0.9 -1.7 -0.4 -2.0 3.0 6.1 6.4 4.9 5.9 2.2 3.1 8.8 7.3 3.5

M3 5.1 5.1 5.2 4.8 4.9 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.1 4.5 4.8 5.0 4.8 4.7

M3 (3-month centred moving average) 5.0 5.2 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.1 5.1 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.9

monthly growth rate (a)

2016 2017

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb

M1 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.5 1.2 0.6 0.7 0.8

M2-M1 0.0 -0.3 -0.1 -0.3 -0.1 0.2 -0.1 -0.3 0.0 -0.7 -0.4 -0.7 0.4 -0.1

M2 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.7 0.2 0.6 0.5

M3-M2 1.5 1.1 0.1 1.1 -0.3 1.2 0.8 -0.7 1.2 -0.3 1.2 1.7 0.0 -2.4

M3 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.7 0.3 0.6 0.3

(a) Growth rates have been calculated on flow data, adjusted for reclassifications, changes in the scope of the MFI sector, write-offs, exchange rate

variations, other revaluations and other changes which do not arise from transactions. Source: ECB. Produced on 3 April 2017

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Monetary aggregates – Euro area Data adjusted for seasonal and working-day variations

growth rate (a)

M1 M2-M1

M2 M3-M2

M3

Annualised quarterly growth rate Annualised semi-annual growth rate Annualised growth rate

-2

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

02/11 02/12 02/13 02/14 02/15 02/16 02/17-8

-6

-4

-2

0

2

4

6

8

02/11 02/12 02/13 02/14 02/15 02/16 02/17

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

02/11 02/12 02/13 02/14 02/15 02/16 02/17

-25

-20

-15

-10

-5

0

5

10

15

20

02/11 02/12 02/13 02/14 02/15 02/16 02/17

-1

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

02/11 02/12 02/13 02/14 02/15 02/16 02/17

(a) Growth rates have been calculated on flow data, adjusted for reclassifications, changes in the scope of the MFI sector, write-offs, exchange rate

variations, other revaluations and other changes which do not arise from transactions. Source: ECB. Produced on 3 April 2017

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The euro exchange rate Per euro

Year Year Year 2016

1999 2014 2015 Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

Dollar

End of period 1.0046 1.2141 1.0887 1.1102 1.1113 1.1132 1.1161 1.0946 1.0635

Period Average 1.0658 1.3285 1.1095 1.1229 1.1069 1.1212 1.1212 1.1026 1.0799

Yen

End of period 102.73 145.23 131.07 114.05 114.83 115.01 113.09 114.97 120.48

Period Average 121.32 140.31 134.31 118.45 115.25 113.49 114.22 114.47 116.93

Pound Sterling

End of period 0.6217 0.7789 0.7340 0.8265 0.8440 0.8481 0.8610 0.9005 0.8525

Period Average 0.6587 0.8061 0.7259 0.7905 0.8411 0.8552 0.8523 0.8939 0.8689

Swiss Franc

End of period 1.6051 1.2024 1.0835 1.0867 1.0823 1.0957 1.0876 1.0820 1.0803

Period Average 1.6003 1.2146 1.0679 1.0894 1.0867 1.0881 1.0919 1.0887 1.0758

Danish Krone

End of period 7.4433 7.4453 7.4626 7.4393 7.4374 7.4432 7.4513 7.4393 7.4403

Period Average 7.4355 7.4548 7.4587 7.4371 7.4390 7.4408 7.4475 7.4402 7.4406

Swedish Krona

End of period 8.5625 9.3930 9.1895 9.4242 9.5673 9.5159 9.6210 9.8650 9.7538

Period Average 8.8075 9.0985 9.3535 9.3338 9.4742 9.4913 9.5655 9.7073 9.8508

Czech Koruna

End of period 36.103 27.735 27.023 27.131 27.031 27.026 27.021 27.024 27.060

Period Average 36.884 27.536 27.279 27.061 27.042 27.025 27.022 27.022 27.033

Hungarian Forint

End of period 254.70 315.54 315.98 317.06 312.19 310.34 309.79 308.44 311.51

Period Average 252.77 308.71 310.00 313.98 314.35 310.21 308.68 307.00 308.82

Romanian Leu

End of period 1.8345 4.4828 4.5240 4.5234 4.4655 4.4575 4.4537 4.5060 4.5040

Period Average 1.6345 4.4437 4.4454 4.5230 4.4856 4.4591 4.4502 4.4942 4.5100

Bulgarian Lev

End of period 1.9559 1.9558 1.9558 1.9558 1.9558 1.9558 1.9558 1.9558 1.9558

Period Average 1.9565 1.9558 1.9558 1.9558 1.9558 1.9558 1.9558 1.9558 1.9558

Polish Zloty

End of period 4.1587 4.2732 4.2639 4.4362 4.3630 4.3533 4.3192 4.3278 4.4483

Period Average 4.2274 4.1843 4.1841 4.3996 4.3964 4.3005 4.3207 4.3076 4.3911

Source: ECB. Produced on 3 April 2017

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The euro exchange rate (a)

monthly average

(a) The euro is quoted using the direct method: one euro = x units of a foreign currency.

Source: ECB. Produced on 3 April 2017

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Employment: Unemployment rate

% of labour force, seasonally adjusted

Harmonised unemployment rate (Eurostat) - except for United States and Japan2005 2006

Annual average Monthly data2014 2015 2016 2016 2017

Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar

France (FR) 10.3 10.4 10.0 10.1 10.1 10.1 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0

Germany (DE) (a) 5.0 4.6 4.1 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9

Austria (AT) (a) 5.6 5.7 6.0 5.9 5.9 6.1 6.2 6.2 6.1 6.0 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.7

Belgium (BE) 8.6 8.5 7.9 8.1 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.0 7.9 7.6 7.3 7.2 7.0 7.0 7.0

Cyprus (CY) 16.2 14.9 13.1 13.3 12.8 12.6 12.8 13.0 13.1 13.0 12.9 13.5 13.3 13.1 12.9

Spain (ES) 24.4 22.1 19.6 20.3 20.3 20.1 19.9 19.5 19.3 19.1 18.9 18.7 18.4 18.2 18.0

Estonia (EE) 7.4 6.2 6.8 6.5 6.5 6.6 7.0 7.1 7.7 7.2 7.1 6.6 6.2 5.8 na

Finland (FI) (a) 8.7 9.3 8.9 9.0 9.0 8.9 8.9 8.8 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.8 8.8 8.7 8.7

Greece (GR) 26.5 25.0 23.5 23.8 23.5 23.6 23.4 23.3 23.3 23.1 23.1 23.1 23.1 na na

Ireland (IE) 11.3 9.4 7.9 8.3 8.4 8.4 8.3 8.1 7.9 7.5 7.3 7.0 6.9 6.7 6.6

Italy (IT) 12.6 11.9 11.7 11.5 11.6 11.5 11.6 11.5 11.5 11.8 11.7 11.9 11.9 11.8 11.5

Latvia (LV) 10.8 9.9 9.6 9.6 9.5 9.5 9.7 9.9 9.8 9.6 9.4 9.4 9.6 9.7 9.3

Lithuania (LT) 10.7 9.1 7.9 8.0 8.3 8.4 8.2 8.0 7.7 7.6 7.4 7.4 7.6 8.1 8.3

Luxembourg (LU) 6.0 6.5 6.3 6.4 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.1 6.1

Malta (MT) 5.8 5.4 4.7 4.9 4.9 4.8 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.1

Netherlands (NL) (a) 7.4 6.9 6.0 6.4 6.4 6.3 6.1 6.0 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.3

Portugal (PT) 14.1 12.6 11.2 12.0 11.6 11.2 11.0 10.9 10.9 10.9 10.6 10.5 10.2 10.1 10.0

Slovakia (SK) 13.2 11.5 9.7 10.1 10.0 9.9 9.8 9.7 9.6 9.4 9.2 9.0 8.9 8.7 8.6

Slovenia (SI) 9.7 9.0 8.0 8.3 8.1 8.1 8.0 7.8 7.8 7.8 7.9 8.0 7.9 7.9 7.8

Euro area 11.6 10.9 10.0 10.2 10.2 10.1 10.1 10.0 9.9 9.9 9.8 9.7 9.6 9.6 9.5

United Kingdom (GB) 6.1 5.3 4.8 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.6 na na

Sweden (SE) (a) 7.9 7.4 6.9 7.2 6.7 7.1 6.6 7.0 7.2 6.7 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.8 6.8

European Union 10.2 9.4 8.5 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.6 8.5 8.5 8.4 8.3 8.3 8.2 8.1 8.0

United States 6.2 5.3 4.9 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.7

Japan 3.6 3.4 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.8

United Kingdom United States Japan Euro area France Germany Italy

Unemployment rate (ILO definition)

Monthly data2016 2017

Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar

France 10.3 10.4 10.1 10.2 9.9 10.1 10.0

Metropolitan France 9.9 10.1 9.8 9.9 9.6 9.8 9.7

Germany 6.7 6.4 6.1 6.2 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.9 5.8

United Kingdom 3.0 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.1

2014 2015 2016

Annual average

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

03/11 03/12 03/13 03/14 03/15 03/16 03/172

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

03/11 03/12 03/13 03/14 03/15 03/16 03/17

(a) trend component. Sources: National data, Eurostat. Produced on 3 April 2017

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