ECB Statistical Data Warehouse

Skip navigation

Try our new data search here!

Navigation Path:

Home > Publications

Publications

Build #: DEV

Economic activity
Exchange rates and balance of payments
Banking supervision

See more Selected Indicators for the Euro Area
	(annual percentage changes unless otherwise stated)	Euro Area	Reference Period
	Inflation rate (HICP)	8.5	2023Feb
	Monetary aggregate M3	3.5	2023Jan
	GDP in prices of the previous year (economic growth)	1.8	2022Q4
	Unit labour costs	4.7	2022Q4
	Population (in thousands)	344569	2022
	Unemployment rate (as a % of labour force)	6.7	2023Jan
	Labour productivity	0.3	2022Q4
	Current account balance (as a % of GDP)	1.05	2022Q4
	US dollar / Euro exchange rate	1.0717	20 Mar 2023
	Government deficit (-) / surplus (+) (as a % of GDP)	-2.6	2022Q3
	Government debt (as a % of GDP)	93.0	2022Q3

Euro Area External Transactions and Positions
	(EUR billions)	2022Nov	2022Dec	2023Jan	2023Feb
	Current account balance	12.7	28.9	.	.
	Direct investment balance	4.3	21.3	.	.
	Portfolio investment balance	-16.8	90.3	.	.
	Reserve assets (end of period position)	1,115.1	1,114.3	1,125.4	1,096.1

Effective Exchange Rate of the Euro EER-42
	(index 99Q1 = 100)	2022Aug	2022Sep	2022Oct	2022Nov
	Nominal effective exchange rate	114.1	114.5	115.4	117.1
	Real effective exchange rate (CPI deflated)	88.6	89.2	90.5	92.2