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.
Charts of the week from 21 to 25 August 2023: economic sentiment, value of fiscally verified invoices, Slovenian industrial producer prices and other charts
The economic sentiment indicator improved slightly in August, while it remained lower year-on-year. The nominal value of fiscally verified invoices remained roughly unchanged year-on-year between 6 and 19 August, mainly due to lower turnover in…
Charts of the week from 17 July to 18 August 2023: gross domestic product, consumer prices, slovenian industrial producer prices, trade in goods and other charts
In the second quarter, GDP increased by 1.4% quarter-on-quarter (seasonally adjusted) and by the same amount year-on-year. Construction activity and value added growth in manufacturing picked up, while manufacturing output contracted. Inventories…
Charts of the week from 10 to 14 July 2023: manufacturing activities, activity in construction, current account of the balance of payments and other charts
Manufacturing output rebounded strongly in May after contracting in April, but remained below the first quarter level on average in the second quarter. In most industries, most notably in energy-intensive ones, it was lower year-on-year, while it was…
Charts of the week from 3 to 7 July 2023: trade in goods, number of registered unemployed persons, natural gas consumption and other charts
Trade in goods continued to decline in May and remained lower year-on-year. Real imports of goods also continued to decline, with imports of intermediate goods and consumer goods in particular declining significantly in recent months. After several…
Charts of the week from 26 to 30 June 2023: consumer prices, value of fiscally verified invoices, turnover in trade and turnover in market services
Year-on-year growth in consumer prices slowed significantly in June, as expected, to 6.9%, the lowest level since April last year. The decline in inflation was mainly due to a much lower growth in the prices of housing, water, electricity, gas and…
Charts of the week from 19 to 23 June 2023: economic sentiment, slovenian industrial producer prices, average gross wage per employee and residential housing
The value of the economic sentiment indicator continued to decline in June. This reflects the negative contributions of confidence indicators in services and among consumers, and to some extent also in manufacturing and construction. Only in retail…
Charts of the week from 12 to 16 June 2023: current account of the balance of payments, activity in construction, number of persons in employment and other charts
The current account surplus continued to increase in April, mainly due to the trends in trade in goods. The year-on-year increase was mainly due to a higher surplus in trade in services. Despite a decline in April, the value of construction put in…
Charts of the week from 5 to 9 June 2023: number of registered unemployed, natural gas consumption, electricity consumption and manufacturing
The number of registered unemployed fell further in May, by 15.5% year-on-year. The number of long-term unemployed also declined, by slightly more than one-quarter. Similar to April, gas consumption in May was slightly above the comparable average…
Charts of the week from 29 May to 2 June 2023: consumer prices, value of fiscally verified invoices, trade in goods, turnover in trade and other charts
The year-on-year increase in consumer prices slowed further in May but was still high at 8.4%. Growth was mainly driven by service prices, while the growth of food prices slowed slightly. Year-on-year nominal growth in the value of fiscally verified…
Charts of the week from 22 to 26 May 2023: economic sentiment and average gross wage per employee
The value of the economic sentiment indicator continued to fall slightly in May. Confidence indicators in manufacturing, retail trade and construction had a negative impact. After two months of positive growth, the average gross wage was 1.2% lower…